
Class 

Book 

Copyright N°_. 



COPYRIGHT DEPOSfT. 



God's 1 Plan 

o«r Redemption 
and Salvation 



By 

John W, Harris 

Evangelist 



IN 
FOUR 
PARTS 



A Pocket Reference 
Book for Bible Stu- 
dents of Holiness. 

The Plan of God for 
Man's Restoration 
to the Holy State. 

A Worker's Manual 
for Holiness Workers. 



PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR BY 

GRACE PUBLISHING CO, 

INDIANAPOLIS, I>7Z>. 



of CONGRESS 
Two Copies Received 

JAN 7 1904 

Copyright Entry 
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DEDICATION. 



This little volume- is dedicated to my loving 
Savior who has 'redeemed us ; to bis; holiness 
children who are. seqkmg for the truth ; to my 
f ellow laborers \wh6/are; && iftcing thei r 4 lives 
for the cause of Christ, and to' ttifc* faithful com- 
panion of my life and work. 



MOTTO. 

''Study to show thyself approved unto God, a 
workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly 
dividing the word of truth." 2 Tim. 2:15. 






Entered according to Act of congress, in the year 1903. 
by John W. Harris^ in the office of the Librarian of C di- 
gress, at Washington. ^^ 



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^~ PREFACE. 

Believing that a small reference and text book 
upon the most important doctrinal teachings of 
the Bible, also other information for Bible stu- 
dents, would be useful, and desiring to induce 
a more systematic study of the word of God, 
than is usually given by Bible readers in the hol- 
iness movement, we have been pressed to send 
forth this little volume in the vineyard of the 
Master. 

We have no misgivings about the results of 
our efforts for the Lord. Time and eternity only 
will tell what good has been accomplished in the 
loving service for Christ. Our desire and 
prayer is, that it will be a useful means in God's 
hands to bring men to Christ, and to establish 
them in his service. 

It was our first intention to give scriptural 
references upon a few subjects not clearly stated 
by holiness workers; viz.. The New Birth, Re- 
generation, Saved, etc., but considering that it 
would not be complete per se. it has been en- 
larged so that it will cover in brief the plan of 
Redemption and Salvation. 

Its object will be: To get young Bible stu- 



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j v PREFACE 

dents to search the scriptures. Tno. 5 -.39- 

To study systematically, 2 Tim. 2:15. 

To grow in knowledge of the Lord Jesus 
Christ, 2 Pet. 3:18. 

To become established, Prov. 4 125, 26. 

To use his word to convince gainsay ers. Eph. 

6:17; Tit. 1:9. 

God expects each one of his children to be 
students of his word, to be able to search and 
study for himself and tell others what God said 
about his wonderful love to the world, Jno 3:16. 
Many novices (1 Tim. 3:6) claiming they 
are preachers sent by God, are going out with- 
out any previous preparation in studying God s 
word and by only testifying to a personal ex- 
perience of salvation, are trying to convince sin- 
ners of Christ and his power to save. These 
soon become fanatical in their statements. Their 
followers become the same, and thus the leader 
is glorified instead of Christ, bringing reproach 
uoon the cause they profess to represent. 

This class do not love God's word, and only 
move bv feeling, and that worked up, many 
times through excitement, thus. duty, obligation, 
obedience and faith are delegated to take a lower 
seat. And faith becomes dead because of the 
lack of works. Any statement made contrary 
to God's word is of the devil. 

The gospel of Christ is the convincing' power. 
Rom. 1 :i6. 

Paul mightily used the word of God to con- 



PREFACE V. 

vince sinners of pardon and believers of sancti- 
fication. 

The servant of God must be "apt to teach." 
i Tim. 3 :2. And instruct in the way of right- 
eousness. Jer. 23 : 28-31 ; 2 Tim. 4:1-4. 

Every competent Christian will read and 
study the Bible daily and instruct the children 
to do so. Matt. 4 '.4. We need this to know how 
to live godly in this present world. Tit. 2:10-14. 

Once a year if it is possible, the Bible should 
be read through consecutively. There has been 
appended to this book an outline of daily read- 
ing by which this can be accomplished, if follow- 
ed out. 

Study each book separately and unitedly. 
This book is only intended to show a systematic 
and logical method of studying the Bible. 

There has been added a manual for Christian 
workers, in which some of the most practical 
questions usually met, are answered by the scrip- 
tures. 

"And the very God of peace sanctify you 
wholly, and I pray God your whole spirit and 
soul and body be preserved blameless unto the 
coming of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Faithful is 
he that calleth you, who also will do it." 1 Thes. 
5 ^3, 24. The Author, 

Springfield, Ohio, Feb. 6, 1903. 



KEY TO ABREVIATIONS OF THE BOOKS 
OF THE BIBLE. 



OLD TESTAMENT. 



Gen. — Genesis 

Ex. — Exodus 

Lev. — Leviticus 

Num. — Numbers 

Deut. — Deuteronomy 

Josh. — Joshua 

Judg. — Judges 

Ruth 

i Sam.— i Samuel 

2 Sam. — 2 Samuel 

i Kgs. — i Kings 

2 Kgs. — 2 Kings 

i Chron. — i Chronicles 

2 Chron. — 2 Chronicles 

Ezra 

Neh. — Nehemiah 

Est — Esther 

Job 

Ps. — Psalms 

Prow — Proverbs 



Keel. — Ecclesiastes 

Songs — Songs of Solomon 

la. — Isaiah 

Jer. — Jeremiah 

Lam. — Lamentations 

Ezek. — Ezekiel 

Dan. — Daniel 

Hos. — Hosea 

Joel 

Amos 

Obd.— Obadiah 

Jon. — Jonah 

Mic. — Micah 

Nah. — Nahum 

Hab.— Habakkuk 

Zeph. — Zephaniah 

Hag.— Haggai 

Zech. — Zechariah 

Mai. — Malachi 



vi 



KEY TO ABREVIATIONS. 



Vll. 



NEW TESTAMENT. 



Matt.— Matthew 

Mk.— Mark 

Lk. — Luke 

Jno. — John 

Acts 

Rom. — Romans 

i Cor. — i Corinthians 

2 Cor. — 2 Corinthians 

Gal. — Galatians 

E ph. — Ephesians 

Phil. — Philippians 

Col. — Colossians 

i Thes. — i Thessalonians 

2 Thes. — 2 Thessalonians 



i Tim.— i Timothy 
2 Tim. — 2 Timothj 
Tit.— Titus 
Philemon 
Heb. — Hebrews 
Jas. — James 
i Pet.— i Peter 
2 Pet— 2 Peter 
i Jno. — t John 

2 Jno. — 2 John 

3 Jno.— 3 John 
Jude 

Rev. — Revelation 



INDEX 



PAGE 

iii 



15 



Preface 

Key to abreviations of the books of the Bible vi 

Part I. REDEMPTION. 

Chapter I. Redemption, Plan, Primitive 
State of Man, Temptation and Fall. 
Results of Fall 11 

Chapter II. Commandments, the Ten Com- 
mandments 

Chapter III. Sins, Consequences, Special 

Sins 17 

Chapter IV. Original Sin, Scriptural Terms, 
Proof of the Condition of This State, 
How it is Known, Corruption of the 
Body 22 

Chapter V. The Atonement, Promised, 
Manner of the Atonement, Benefits, 
Conditional 27 

Part II. SALVATION. 

Chapter VI. Salvation, Plan, Promises... 34 
Chapter VII. Conviction (Conception). . . 35 
Chapter VIII. Repentance (Travail), Com- 
mands, Fruits, Conversion 36 

viii. 



INDEX IX. 

Chapter IX. Justification, Promised, Con- 
ditional 38 

Chapter X. Sanctification, Necessity, Sanc- 
tifier, How Sanctified, Evidences, 
Benefits 39 

Chapter XL Crucifixion or Death of " Our 

Old Man." 4^ 

Chapter XII. Purification or Cleansing, 

Promised 44 

Chapter XIII. Perfection, Fruits, Ex- 
amples, Holiness 47 

Chapter XIV. Comparison of Justification 

and Sanctification 48 

Chapter XVr Baptism of the Holy Ghost, 

Promised, Examples, Gifts 51 

Chapter XVI. The New Birth, Terms Used, 
Salvation Through Sanctification by 
the Baptism of the Holy Ghost, Christ 
Abiding, Adoption 54 

Chapter XVII. Divine Healing, Examples 63 

Chapter XVIII. The Second Coming, Par- 
ables, Signs 65 

Chapter XIX. Kesurrection. Translation. 

Glorification 67 

Chapter XX. Millennial Period, New Earth 69 

Chapter XXI. Kingdom of Heaven, the 
Church Militant, the Church Tri- 
umphant 71 



X. INDEX 

Chapter XXII. The Judgments 74 

Chapter XXIII. Hell and Punishment. 

Unpardonable Sins 75 

Chapter XXIV. Belief. Faith. Comparison. 76 

Part III. HOLY LIVING. 

Chapter XXV. Holy Living. Consecration, 

Christian Love 7V) 

Chapter XXVI. The Bible. Prayer, Attitude. 80 

Chapter XXVII. Conversation, Household 82 

Part IV. GHRISTIAN WORKER'S 
MANUAL 

Chapter XXVIII. Hints to Workers 84 

Chapter XXIX. A Soul Led to Christ 87 

Chapter XXX Those Whom You Will 
Meet. — The Indifferent, the Stubborn, 
the Complainer, the Procrastinator, the 
Ignorant, the Disbeliever, the Doubter, 
the Self-Righteous, the Fearful, the 
Comicted, the Backslider, the 

Justified 89 

Chapter XXXI. A Plan for Daily Read- 
ing of the Bible Through Each Year... 95 
Appendix 105 



Gods Plan. 

PART I, Redemption, 

Chapter I. REDEMPTION. 

Redemption is the procuring of God's favor 
by the sufferings and death of Christ: the ran- 
som or deliverance of sinners from the bondage 
of sin and the penalties of God's violated law. 
Redemption obtains for a man a complete restor- 
ation to the original state that he occupied before 
the fall. It also includes that glorified state of 
the body that would have been received finally 
by man, if he had not sinned. 

It sometimes signifies the procuring of de- 
liverance both from the guilt and power of sin 
by pardon and sanctification, Eph. i :3~i3; some- 
times it is taken for the whole w 7 ork of a sinner's 
salvation, comprehending all things that belong 
to it, Heb. 9:12. 

The last act of our redemption secures for us 
the resurrection of our bodies, after which the 
saints shall be glorified as the sons of God, their 
11 



'2 God's Plan. 

souls and bodies being reunited, Luke 21:28: 
Rom. 8:23; Eph. 4:30. 

ELAN OF REDEMPTION. 

The atonement by Christ for: 

Justification or pardon. Col. 1:14; Eph. 1:7; 
Rom. 3:24; Heb. 9:15. 

Sanctification. 1 Cor. 1:30; Heb. 9:12-14. 

Resurrection. Hos. 13:14; Eph. 1:14; 1 Cor. 
1 :3o; Rev. 14:4. 

I. PRIMITIVE STATE OF MAN. 

Man in the beginning was created in the im- 
age and likeness of God. Gen. 1 :26, 27; 5:1. 
God made him a living soul. Gen. 2:7; 1 Cor, 

He had access to the tree of life, which would 
make him live forever. Gen. 2 :g ; 3 :22-24 ; Rev. 
2:y\ 22:2. 

He was ruler over all things upon the earth. 
Gen. 1:28-30; Ps. 8:4-8. 

He was a son of God. Lk. 3 :38. 

He had the privilege of talking with God. 
Gen. 3:8-19. 

He was given a paradise in which to live. 
Gen. 2:8-25. 

2. THE TEMPTATION AND FALL. 

The commandment of God. Gen. 2:16, 17. 
The temptation. Gen. 3:1-5. 
Breaking the commandment. Gen. 3 :6. 
Deceit. Gen. 3:7-10; Job 31:33. 



God's Plan. 13 

Condemnation. Gen. 3:11-19. 
Execution. Gen. 3 122-24. 

3. RESULTS OF THE FALL. 

(a) All the human race included in the fall. 
Rom. 5:12, 14, 17, 18, 19; 1 Cor. 15:21,22. 

(b) All passed under the law of sin and 
death. Rom. 3:9; 5:13,17; Gal. 3:22. 

(c) The ground was cursed for man's sake. 
Gen. 3:17, 18. 

(d) All became transgressors. Rom. 3:23; 
5:12. 

(e) Death of the soul. Ezek. 18:4, 20; Rom. 

6:23 \ 

This is a separation from the life of God in 

this present world. 1 Jno. 3:14; 5:12; Jno. 5: 
24, 26; 1 Tim. 5:6; Eph. 4:18. 

If the soul remains unrepentant in this life, 
there will be a perpetual separation of man from 
God's heavenly presence and glory, to be tor- 
mented forever, together with the devil and his 
angels, which is termed the second death. Rev. 
2:11 ; 20: 10, 14; 21 :8. 

(f) Body's death. God said unto Adam, "Of 
the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou 
shalt not eat of it ; for in the day that thou eatest 
thereof thou shalt surely die." Gen. 2:17. A 
day with the Lord is as a thousand years. 2 Pet. 
3 :8. Adam lived only nine hundred and thirty 
years. Thus, Adam died before the completion 
of the one-thousandth year, or in the dav of the 



*4 God's Plan. 

Lord, and the curse of the death of the body 
passed upon all men. i Cor. 15:22. 

The scriptures have given us the record of two 
only who have been exempted from the death of 
the body: Enoch. Gen. 5:24; Heb. 11:5. Eli- 
jah : 2 Kgs. 2:11. 

Many more are promised exemption from the 
death of the body at the first general resurrec- 
tion. 1 Thess. 4:17; 1 Cor. 15:51,52. 

(g) Loss of sonship. We must be born 
again, or from above. Jno. 3:3-7; Rom. 8:14; 1 
Pet. 1 :23. 

(h) Loss of communing with God. Ps. 66: 
18; Jno. 9:31. 

(i) Inability of doing good within ourselves. 
Jer. 13:23; Job. 14:4; Isa. 64:6; Mk. 10:18: 
Rom. 3 :i2. 



Chapter II. 
COMMANDMENTS. Matt. 5:19. 

Commandments of omission. To keep from 
transgressing the law: to keep from sinning. 

Commandments of commission. To do serv- 
ice for God. 

All the commandments of God are contained 
in two great commandments: 

1. Love to God. Matt. 22:37, 38. 

2. Love to man. Matt. 22:39; Lk. 10:27. See 
Christian love, Chapter XXV, b. 

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 

First four pertain to man's love for God. 
Ex. 20:3-11 ; Deut. 5 7-15. 

The other six pertain to man's love for man. 
Ex. 20:12-17; Deut. 5:16-21. 

To keep them is the whole duty of man. Eccl. 
12:13; Deut. 10:12, 13. 

They must not be broken or we must not 
teach men to do so. Matt. 5:19; Jas. 2:10. 

Life comes by keeping them. Matt. 19:17; 
Rev. 22:14. 

This is the test of our love for God. Jno. 14 : 
15, 21, 23; 2 Jno. 6. 

Jesus is known by it. 1 Jno. 2:3, 4. 



1 6 God's Plan. 

They are easy to keep. I Jno. 5:3; Matt. 
11:30. 

Blessing follows the keeping of them. Lk. 
11:28; Prov. 13:13; 19:16; Eccl. 8:5. 

Special commands to keep them. Num. 15: 
40; Deut. 6:25; 15:5; 28:1, 15; 30:8. 

The word law is sometimes used and has re- 
ference to the commandments of God, while in 
other places of the scriptures it has reference 
to the MosaicaLlaw of ordinances and sacrificial 
offerings as showing forth the atonement of 
Christ. 

Care must be used in Bible study to designate 
to which is being referred, as the latter was ful- 
filled in Christ, and thus the shadow passed 
away. Heb. 10:9. 

The Ten Commandments is the constitution 
of God's kingdom, to which all the distinct com- 
mandments refer, and upon which all the spe- 
cial commandments are based. 



Chapter III. 
SINS. Ezek. 18:4. 

There are two classes of sins referred to in 
the scriptures : 

First— The sins of commission. 

The transgression of the law. 1 Jno. 3 14 ; 
Rom. 4.15. 

All unrighteousness. 1 Jno. 5:17. 

Second — The sins of omission. 

He that has the knowledge to do good, and 
does not do it. Jas. 4:17. 

Whatsoever is not of faith. Rom. 14 \2$. 

CONSEQUENCES OF SINNING. 

Death. Ezek. 18:4,20; Rom. 6:23: Jas. 1: 

Death is the absence of life. 

In Jesus alone is life. Jno. 1:4; 5 '.26 ; 1 1 125 ; 
1 Jno. 1 :2: 5 :ii. 

Spiritual death is the absence of God from 
a soul in this life. 1 Tim. 5 :6 ; 1 Jno. 5 :i2 ; Eph. 
4:18. 

Body's death is spoken of as a sleep for the 
Christian. Acts 7:59,60; Jno. 11:11-14; 1 
Thes. 4:13. 

The soul's eternal death is everlasting" sen- 



1 8 God's Pi, an. 

aration from the life of God. Rev. 20:6, 12-14; 
21 :8. See on Hell and punishment. 

AU, HAVE SINNED. 

Rom. 3:23; 5:12; 1 Jno. 1:10. 
The condition of those who sin. 

(a) Servants of sin (inbred). Jno. 8:34; 
Rom. 6:16, 20; 2 Pet. 2:19. 

(b) Abide in death. Jno. 3:36; 1 Tim. 5:6. 

special sins mentioned. 
Sins of Lust. 

Adultery — An unlawful intercourse of 
those who are married. Ex. 20:14; Matt 5:27, 
28; 15:19; 19:9; Mk. 10:6-12; Prov. 6:23-35; 
7:1-27. 

Fornication — An unlawful intercourse of the 
unmarried. Matt. 5:32; 1 Cor. 6:13; Eph. 5:3; 
Col. 3:5; 1 Cor. j:2) Prov. 9:13-18. 

Unnatural Affection — Inordinate affection, evil 
concupiscence, an unlawful desire for that which 
is sinful; that desire of fulfilling the lusts of 
the flesh. Rom. 1:31; 2 Tim. 3:3; Col. 3:5. 

Covetousness — An unlawful desire for that 
which is injurious and sinful; a desire for that 
which God has not seen fit to promise us. This 
is termed idolatry. Col. 3:5; Eph. 5:3; Rom. 
1:29; Lk. 12:15; Ex. 20:17; 1 Tim. 6:10; Heb. 

13:5. 

Idolatry — Setting- the hearth affections upon 
anything to the detriment of the proper worship 
of God. Ex. 20:2-5; 22:20; 23:13; 1 Cor. 10:7, 



God's Plan. 19 

14; 1 Jno. 5:21; 1 Sam. 15:23. 

Stealing — Robbing — Obtaining by secret re- 
sort that which does not belong to us. Ex. 20: 
15; Eph. 4:28; Zech. 5:3; also withholding from 
others that which rightfully belong to them. 
Mai. 3 «, 9. 

False dealing, usury, defrauding — Taking ad- 
vantage of the helplessness or ignorance of 
others by not giving value received. Lev. 19 : 
11, 13; Deut. 23:19; 1 Thes. 4:6; Mk. 10:19. 

Revelling, worldly pleasures — Engaging in 
amusements that take our minds off of God and 
his w r ork and placing them on light and frivolous 
things in which there is no profit, and do not 
advance the cause of Christ. Gal. 5 :2i ; Rom. 
12:2; 15* 1,2; 1 Pet. 4:3; 1 Tim. 5:6; Jas. 5:5; 
4:4; 1:27; 2 Pet. 2:13; 1 Jno. 2:15-17; 2 Cor. 
4:4; 6:14-18; Matt. 6:24. 

Drunkenness — Partaking of that within our 
bodies which destroy their usefulness, brings our 
minds into slavery, and places us in a position 
of brutes ; drinking spirituous liquors that will 
intoxicate; the use of any narcotic that unfits us 
to properly glorify God. Gal. 5:21; Eph. 5:18; 
Rom. 13:13; la. 5:22; Prov. 23:29-32; 20:1. 

Fiithiness, uncleanliness — The partaking of 
that which though not unclean and filthy in 
itself yet produces fiithiness and uncleanliness 
by the use of it. Jas. 1 :2i ; Eph. 5 13, 4 ; 2 Cor. 
7:1; 1 Thes. 4:7; Col. 3:5; Gal. 5:19. 



23 God's Pi. ax. 

Sins of Disposition : 

Hatred — An intense dislike — of God. Rom. 
1:30; Jno. 15:24 — of man. Lev. 19:17: 1 Jno. 
2:9, 11; 4:20; 2 Tim. 3:3 — of righteous- 
ness. Ps. 34:21; Jno. 3:20. 

Wrath — Violent anger. Prov. 19:19: 1 Tim. 
2:8. 

Anger — A strong passion of displeasure, an- 
tagonism or emotion. Matt. 5 :22 ; Eph. 4 :20 , 
31; Col. 3:8. 

Malice — 111 will; a spirit delighting in the 
misfortune of another. Prov. 17:5: 24:17: 1 
Cor. 5:8; 14:20; Col. 3:8; Tit. 3:3; 1 Pet. 2:1. 

Bitterness — Hatred. Eph. 4:31: Heb. 12:5. 

Envy — Discontent at the good fortune of an- 
other accompanied with a degree of hatred, and 
a desire to obtain an equal advantage. Rom. 
13:13: Gal. 5:21; 1 Tim. 6:4. 

Grudging — Sullen malice. Lev. 19:18; 2 Cor. 
9:7; Jas. 5:9; 1 Pet. 4:9. 

Implacable — Not to be appeased. Rom. 1 .-31. 

Emulation — Rivalry; exalting one's self above 
another for a false purpose. Gal. 5 :20. 

Pride. — Conceit; inordinate self-esteem. Prov. 
8:13: 6:17; 15:25: 16:5, 18; 21:4; Ps. 31:23: 
40:4: 101:5; 138:6; Jas. 4:6; 1 Pet 5:5. 

Vanity — Falsity, emptiness, conceit. Eph. 4: 
n\ Job'35:i3- 

Respect of person. Lev. 10:15: Dent. 1:17: 
Jas. 2:1-9. 



God's Plan. 21 

Boasting — Bragging; to vaunt one's self. 2 
Tim. 3 :2 ; Jude. 16. 

Sixs of Conversation : 

Vale bearing, whisperers, backbiters — talking 
to the injury of a person's good character in the 
presence of others, out of the hearing of the 
person talked about. Lev. 19:16: Prov. 11:13; 
20:19: 6:19: 26:20; 18:8; 1 Tim. 5:13; 1 Pet. 

4:15. m 

Lying — False swearing, false accusation, de- 
ceit, untruthful words or acts; affirming falsely 
by oath; to falsely accuse; the act of deceiving. 
Prov. 6:16-19; 12:22: Lev. 19:11, 12; Jas. 5:12; 
Lk. 3:14. 

Blasphemy — Unholy irreverance of God : 
speaking lightly of God's word or work. Mk. 
3:29: Matt. 12:31; Jas. 2:y. 

Profanity — Profaning the name of things of 
God by word or act. En. 20:7: Lev. 18:21 ; 19: 
12 ; 20:3 ; 21 :6. 

Filthy conversation — Godless indecent lan- 
guage. 2 Pet. 2\y: 1 Cor. 15:33; Eph. 4:29: 
Col. 3 :8. 

Jesting and foolish talking — Light frivolous 
conversation. Eph. 5 '.4. 

Miscellaneous Sins: 

Sins against nature — 1 Kgs. 14:24; Rom. 1 124, 
26, 27. 

Double minded — Unstable in mind; one who 
changes from one opinion to another in order to 



22 God's Plan. 

please two different persons at variance. Jas. 
i:8; 4 :8. 

Spiritual blindness and willful ignorance. 
Matt. 13:13-15; 1 Cor. 15:34; Eph. 4:18; 2 Tim. 
3:7; 2 Pet. 2:12; 3:3-5; Jude 10. 

Self -righteousness — Making one's self right- 
eous without bringing God into it. Prov. 12:15; 
14:12; 26:12; 28:26; 30:12; Lk. 16:15: 2 Cor. 
10:17, 18; Gal. 6:3; la. 64:6. 



Chapter IV. 
ORIGINAL SIN. Eph 2:3. 

That sinful propensity in man ; the name given 
to sin as a state; the original corruption or de- 
pravity of our nature inherited from the off- 
spring of Adam who yielded to the deceit and 
temptation of the devil and fell. 

In this state we often find our inability to fol- 
low the leadings of our desires, as we are held 
in bondage to the law of sin and death. Rom. 
8:2. 

It is that state or condition implanted in man 
by being generated or begotten of fallen man, 
and in his image and likeness. Gen. 5 :$. This 
propensity of sinning is transmitted from father 
to children. Ex. 20:5 ; 34:7; Num. 14:18; Deut. 



God's Plan. 23 

5:9; Ps. 51:5; Jno. 3:6; Eph. 2:3. 

We not only inherit physical depravity but 
also moral depravity. Job. 14:4; Ps. 51 15. 

As righteousness is a condition or state of the 
heart implanted by being born of God. Phil. 3 : 
9: so inbred sin is a state or condition of the 
heart produced by being born of fallen man. 

Man is not responsible for being brought into 
this state, but becomes responsible for this state 
remaining when he comes to the knowledge of 
it. Jno. 15 \22, 24 ; Rom. 7 :g. 

God in his plan of redemption provided for 
this state. Rom. 7:25; 8:3. Thus man can be 
made free from this law of sin and death. Rom. 
8 :2. Moral depravity is that state of man where- 
in he has no power in himself to do or choose 
good. Gen. 3:22-24; Jno. 6:44, 65; Rom. 7:18; 
L,k. 18:19. A provision has been made through 
the redeeming power of the blood of the Lord 
Jesus Christ. 'Jno. 3:16; 12:32, 33. The draw- 
ing power of God towards his son, of sinners 
as well as those forgiven, is delegated in the 
Holy Ghost, which the Father has sent. Jno. 
14:16, 17; 16:7-11. 

A provision is made for the child in this law 
of life. The Apostle says, Rom. 7:9: "I was 
alive without the law once/' that is, he when a 
child was provided for by Jesus, Matt. 19:14; 
18 :3, 4, "but when the commandment earned that 
is, when he came to the age of accountability, or 
came to the knowledge of breaking the com- 



2± God's Plan. 

mandment, " for where no taw is, there is n 
transgression/' (Rom. 4:15V "sin revived/ 
came to the knowledge of sin, "and I died." 
therefore he found it necessary to accept the sav- 
ing power of the blood of Jesus to bring him 
into the life of Jesus again. 

All who are of an accountable age must ac- 
cept the pardoning and sanctifying grace of the 
Lord Jesus Christ, if they would "be born 
again/' Jno. 3:3. 

Scriptural Terms for this State : • 

Sin — Ps. 51:5; Matt. 1:21; Jno. 1:29; 8:7. 
34; Rom. 6:1, 2, 6, 7, 10-14, 16-18. 23: 7:7-9, 11. 
13, 14, 17,23,25: 8:3, 10. 

Body of sin — Rom. 6 :6 ; Col. 2:11. 

Body of death — Rom. 7 -.24. 

Flesh— Rom. 7:5; 8:8; Gal. 5:19. 

Carnal — Rom.' 7:14; 1 Cor. 3:1-3. 

Works of the devil — 1 Jno. 3 :8. 

Iniquity*— Jer. 33:8; Ezek. 36:33; Ps. 51:5: 
Tit. 2:14; Rom. 6:19; Acts 8:23; Matt. 23:28. 

Unrighteousness* — 1 Jno. 1:9: Rom. 1:29: 6: 

13- 

Corruption* — 2 Pet. 2:19: 1 Pet. 1:23. 

Old man — Rom. 6:6; Eph. 4:22; Col 3:9. 

Scriptures that speak of this state in man. Ps. 
5i-5; 58:3; Jer. 13:23; Job. 14:4; Rom. 5:12; 
7:5-25: 8:5-8; Eph. 2:3; Gen. 8:21. 



* Appendix Note 1. 



God's Plan. 



~o 



PROOF OF CONDITION OF THIS STATE. 

We are not created but generated, born of 
flesh, or begotten from man. Gen. 5:3; Jno. 
3:6. There are many other texts that speak of 
being begotten of man. The descent of man 
came from man; the first man was created by 
God, and afterwards fell. And as we are born 
of fallen flesh, Jno. 3 :6 ; so we must be born of 
God, or of the Spirit, Jno. 3 13, 5, 7 ; and as all 
things belong to God, so do we also, and the 
soul that sinneth separates itself from God 
Ezek. 18:4. 

David prayed unto God for a creation to take 
place within him, and renew in him a right 
spirit. Ps. 51 :io. Yet God testified that David 
turned not aside from anything he commanded 
save with one exception and that was the adul- 
tery with Bathsheba. 1 Kgs. 9:4; 14:8; 15:5. 

The Apostle tells us to "put off concerning the 
former conversation, the old man, which is cor- 
rupt, according to the deceitful lusts ; * * ::: 
and that ye put on the new man, which after God 
is created in righteousness and true holiness. Eph. 
4:22, 24. We must be ridden of the old state 
before we can put on the new. If there is no old 
nature or man to put off, there is no new man 
to put on. The new man is a creation, and God 
alone can create in us a new man, but we must 
be willing that he should do it. The new man 
is a right spirit as David asks of God, this being 



26 God's Plan. 

created by God in righteousness and true holi- 
ness. This is obtained by putting on Christ. 
Rom. 13:14. Therefore, we become a new 
creature in Christ, old things are passed away : 
and all things are become new. 2 Cor. 5:17; 
Gal. 6:15. The Apostle in another instance 
speaks of "our old man," Rom. 6:6, as some- 
thing that we possess and that must be crucified. 
This shows that there is something that must die 
that we possess, that something is "our old 
man." Rom. 6 :6, "which is corrupt according to 
the deceitful lusts." Eph. 4:22. 

THOSE) UNDKR THIS STATE. 

All those who have not been crucified and 
cleansed. Rom. 3 :g ; 5 :i2 ; Gal. 3 :22 ; 1 Jno. 1 :8. 

HOW IT IS KNOWN. 

By the knowledge of God's law. Rom. 3:20; 
7:7-14. We are servants to this state when we 
sin. Rom. 6:16,20; Gal. 5:19-21; Jas. 1:14,15; 
Jno. 8:34; Mk. 7:21-23. 

COMPARISON. 

Sin as a transgression and sin as a state. 
First is a transgression of the law. 1 Jno. 3:4; 
the second is a condition of the corruption of the 
soul. Eph. 2:3. 

The first must be pardoned, the second must 
be cleansed. 1 Jno. 1 :y, 9. 

CORRUPTION OF THE BODY. 

In the fall of man the body was made to 



God's Plan. 27 

partake of corruption. 1 Cor. 15:42-50. 

If man had continually walked before God 
perfect, the body would not have been corrupt- 
ed. We have the account of three whose bodies 
did not see corruption — Enoch, Elijah, Jesus. 
See Acts 2:27,31, concerning Jesus' body. 
Many more will be exempted when Christ 
comes. 1 Thes. 4:17: 1 Cor. 15:51,52. 



Chapter V. 
THE ATONEMENT. Jno. 3:16*. 

An atonement is a ransom or expiation made 
to set free or clear a person from a sentence 
passed against him. This ransom may be given 
of natural things or made by the sacrifice of one 
by giving himself to bear the sentence, instead 
of the one who should rightfully receive it. 

The wages of sin is death. Man, in trans- 
gressing the law brought upon himself death. 
God, not willing that man should perish, 2 Pet. 
3:9, offered a ransom in Jesus Christ, his son, 
Jno. 3:16, to make an atonement in order to 
bring him to life again and restore him to that 
holy state from which he had fallen. Rom. 
6:23. This atonement comprehended — trans- 



* Appendix Note 4. 



2$ God's Plan. 

gression, the tallen nature and the corruption of 
the body. 

PROMISES OF REDEMPTION AND SALVATION 
THROUGH CHRIST. 

Gen. 3:15; 22:18; 26:4; 49:10; Job 19:25; 
Isa. 9:6,7; 11:1-5,10,12; 35:4-10; 42:1-8 553: 
1-12; 59:20; Dan. 9:25; Matt. 1:21; Jno. 1:29; 
Acts 3:25, 26; Gal. 3:8, 9, 16-18; 1 Pet. 1 :i8-20. 

Special promises for the propitiation for our 
sins. Rom. 3:25; 1 Jno. 2:1, 2; 4:10. For our 
fallen natures. Heb. 9:13,14; 13:12. For the 
corruption of our bodies. See subject resurrec- 
tion. Chapter XIX. 

SACRIFICIAL OFFERING A TYPE. 

The sacrificial offering under the Mosaical 
dispensation was a shadow or type of the atone- 
ment to be made by Christ. Heb. 9:1-10; 10: 
1-9. and was fulfilled when he came. Gal. 4:3-5 ; 
Heb. 10:10-21; Acts 20:28; 1 Pet. 1:18, 19. By 
Christ shedding his blood. Heb. 9 '.22 ; Rev. 
5:9. 

Blood is a type of life. Lev. 17:11, 14; Gen. 
9 14 : Deut. 12 :23. Shedding of blood a type of 
death. Heb. 13:12; 9:13-16; Jno. 19:34: 1 [no. 

5:6. 

The atonement of Christ covered our trans- 
gressions and thus we can receive justification 
or pardon of our sins. Eph. 1:7; Col. 1:14: 
Rom. 5:9; 3:23-26; Isa. 53:4,5; 1 Pet. 2:24 



God's Plan. 29 

He also redeemed our fallen natures and thus 
we can be cleansed and sanctified. Heb. 9 7- 1 ? ; 
io:io-i5;i3:i2; 1 Jno. 1:7; 1 Pet. 1:2. 

Our bodies shall be restored to their incor- 
ruptible state by the resurrection of Christ. 

See subject resurrection. Chapter XIX. 

MANNER OF ATONEMENT. 

Christ took upon himself flesh, like unto man. 
Jno. 1:14; Lk. 24:39; Acts 2:30; Rom. 8:3; 1: 
3. Had infirmities like man. Matt. 8:17; Isa. 
53. Was tempted like man. Heb. 4:15; Matt. 
4:1-11. Was persecuted. Isa. 53:3-8; Matt. 
26:57-68; 27:11-44. 

Was slain. Acts 2 :23 ; Mk. 15 :44 ; Jno. 19 :33 : 
1 Pet. 3:18; Phil. 2:8. 

Was buried. Isa. 53:9; Matt. 27:57-60; Mk. 
16:45, 46. 

THE SUFFERING OF CHRIST' S SOUE. 

A common belief of to-day is that all the suf- 
fering that Christ had was the mental and 
physical suffering. That the atonement extend- 
ed no farther than that of the body dying and 
laying in the tomb three days. And, that im- 
mediately upon the death of the body of Christ, 
his soul went unto the glorified state of the spir- 
its, and at the end of the three days, again en- 
tered into the body and arose from the grave. 

These have no scripture to support this view. 
Others claim Christ went into hell and there 
preached (proclaimed) his victory over death 



30 God's Plan. 

and went into paradise. There is no scripture 
that Christ proclaimed his victory while in hell. 
or that he even preached there. The commonly 
used scripture to substantiate this view is found 
in i Pet. 3:19. This text does not even hint 
that Christ proclaimed his victory to the spirits 
in hell. 

To obtain the true meaning of this text we will 
read the eighteenth verse which says, "For 
Christ also hath once suffered for sins; the 
just for the unjust, that he might bring us to 
God, being put to death in the flesh, but quick- 
ened (brought to life) by the spirit ;" ("The 
spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the 
dead." Rom. 8:11) : Nineteenth verse, by which 
(spirit) also he went and preached (or pro- 
claimed) unto the spirits (souls) in prison 
(bondage) ; This class of people are spoken of 
in Isa. 42:6, 7. '% the Lord have called thee 
in righteousness * * * for a light of the 
Gentiles ; to open the blind eyes, to bring out 
the prisoners (souls or spirits) from the prison 
and them that sit in darkness (in sin) out of 
the prison house" (condition of prisoners). 
Twentieth verse, 1 Pet. 3:20, Which (spirits or 
souls) sometimes were disobedient, when once 
the longsuffering of God waited in the days of 
Noah, while the ark was a preparing, zvherein 
few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. In 
brief, the spirit which raised up Christ from the 
dead, was the same spirit by which Christ 



God's Plan. 31 

preached, through the instrumentality of Noah, 
who was a preacher of righteousness, 2 Pet. 2 15, 
to the ante-diluvian world whose souls or spirits 
were in prison or bondage to sin as sinners are 
to-day. The spirit of Christ striving with them 
while Noah preached, and, the ark was in the 
course of construction, Gen. 6:3. See also, 
"Barnes' Notes" on this subject. 

THE APOSTLES' CREED. 

The early fathers in formulating the "Apos- 
tles' Creed/' make the statement upon the sub- 
ject in the following language: * * * "suf- 
fered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead 
and buried, and descended into hell, the third 
day he arose from the dead and ascended into 
heaven * * *" Many denominations have 
dropped the statement, "descended into hell" for 
they cannot conceive the idea that Christ went 
into the place of the damned. 

proof of Christ's soul being in hell. 

"The wages of sin is death," Rom. 6:23. This 
is the soul's death, "The soul that sinneth, it 
shall die," Ezek. 18:4,20. The doom pro- 
nounced against the sinning soul is hell or the 
place of the damned, and is termed the second 
death. Christ to complete the atonement, and 
satisfy justice, must include in it, the redemp- 
tion of the soul of man from this death or hell. 
To do this he must partake of that penalty which 
justice savs sinners must bear. 



32 God's Plan. 

Christ's soul. 
Was sorrowful unto death. Matt. 26 138. 
Was made an offering for sin. la. 53:1c 
Was poured out unto death. la. 53:12. 
Was separated from God, Matt. 27:46; Mk. 

Entered into hell. Ps. 16:10; Acts 2:27,31: 
Eph. 4:8-10. 

WHAT HIS SOUL WAS DOING THERE. 

Tasting death for every man. Heb. 2:9. 
Having the pains of death. Acts 2 124. 

SATISFIED JUSTICE. 

God became satisfied with the atonement made 
uv the soul of Christ. la. 53:11. 

His resurrection. Acts 2:24,31,32; Rom. 4: 
23-25; 1 Cor. 15:3-8, 12-23; Matt. 28; Mk. 16. 

THE BENEFITS OF THE ATONEMENT. 

(a) Christ became our intercessor. la. 53: 
12; Heb. 7:25; 9:27; Rom. 8:26,34. Mediator. 
1 Tim. 2:5; and Advocate. 1 Jno. 2:1. 

(b) All can be saved conditionally. Jno. 3 : 
16; 1 Tim. 1:15: Matt. 9:13; Lk. 19:10; Matt. 
18:11-14; 2 Pet. 3 :g. 

(c) We can become sons of God. Rom. 8: 
16; 1 Jno. 3:1. 

(d) Can be holy and like Christ. 1 Pet 1 : 
15,16; 2:21-24; 1 Jno. 3:2. 



"Appendix Note 4. 



Gods Plan. 33 

(e) And have our bodies glorified. See Res- 
urrection. Chapter XIX. 

(f) We are redeemed from: 

All iniquity. Ps. 130:8; Tit. 2:14. 
The curse of the law. Gal. 3:13. 
Vain conversation. 1 Pet. 1 :i8. 

CONDITIONAL. 

Belief in Christ. Jno. 3 :i6, 17; Mk. 1 .15; Lk. 
24:25-27; Rom. 10:9; 1 Thes. 4:14; Acts 2:37- 
39; 3 :I 9; 16:30, 31; Matt. 18:3. Otherwise we 
die in sin and are lost. Jno. 8:24, also 5:40; 2 
Thes. 2:12; Matt. 27:25; Acts 18:6. 

Provision for children, the heathen and the 
unaccountable. Rom. 4:15; 7:9; 2:14, 15; Lk. 
18:16, 17. 

REDEMPTION. * 

Includes — Salvation, Resurrection and Trans- 
lation. 



* Appendix Note 2. 



PART IL Salvation 

Chapter VI. 
SALVATION. 

Salvation is the entire deliverance of man 
fron: the guilt and power of sin, whereby sin 
shall not have any more dominion over htm. 
Rom. 6:14. Also the liabilities of eternal death 
and the conferring on him of everlasting happi- 
ness. This comes through repentance. 2 Cor. 
7:10; true faith. Eph. 2:8. Justification and 
sanctification. 2 Thes. 2:13, and other saving 
graces of the Holy Spirit. 

PLAN OF SALVATION. 

Salvation consists of; 

Conviction, Repentance, Conversion, Justifica- 
tion by pardon of transgressions, Sanctification 
by clenasing from the state of sin and the bap- 
tism of the Holy Ghost. 

PROMISES OF SALVATION. 

Ps. 149:4; la. 45:17; Matt. 18:11 ;Jno. 12:47; 
1 Tim. 1:15; Heb. 7:25. 

CONDITIONAL. 

Hungry and thirsty. la. 55 :i ; Matt. 5 :6 ; Jno. 
7:37-39; 4:14; Rev. 3:20; 22:17. 
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God's PfcAj* 35 

Labor and heavy laden. Matt. 1 1 :28, 29. 

Christ is our salvation. Lk. 1 169-79 ; 2 130 ; 
Matt. 1:21; Ps. 27:1; Acts 4:12; 1 Thes. 5:9. 

The gospel is the means of the knowledge of 
salvation. Eph. 1:13; Acts 13:26; Rom. 1:16: 
2 Tim. 3:15. 

We are chosen to salvation through sanctifica- 
tion. 2 Thes. 2:13. 

By the washing of regeneration. Tit. 3 -.5. 

By the baptism of the Holy Ghost. Acts 1 1 : 
14, IS- 



Chapter YII. 
CONVICTION (Conception.) 

Conviction is the persuasion of our minds as 
to the truth of the things that God has testified 
to in his word, and feeling the consciousness of 
our guilt of transgression and of our corrupted 
natures. 

The preaching of God's word brings convic- 
tion. Jer. 23 128, 29 ; 2 Tim. 4 :2 ; 3 :i6, 17 ; Rom. 
10:13-17; 1 Cor. 1:21; Heb. 4:12. 

The Spirit strives to bring conviction. Gen. 
6:3; Jno. 16:8-11. 

Examples. 

Jonah to the Ninevites. Jonah 3:1-4: results 
Jonah 3:5-10: Lk. 11:32. 

Peter on the day of Pentecost: Morning ser- 



36 God's Plan. 

mon. Acts 2:14-40; results, Acts 2:41: after- 
noon sermon. Acts 3:12-26; results. Acts 4:4. 

Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch. Acts 8 126- 
35; result. Acts 8:36-39. 

Peter to Cornelius and others of Caesarea. 
Acts 10:34-43; results, 10:44. 

Paul and Silas, to the jailer. Acts 16:30-32: 
results, Acts 16:33,34. 



Chapter VIII. 

REPEXTAXCE. (Travail.) 

2 Cor. 7:10. 

Repentance is that saving grace wrought in 
the soul by the Spirit of God, whereby a sinner 
is made to see and be sensible of his sins, is 
grieved and humbled before God on account 
of them, not so much for the punishment to 
which sin has made him liable, as that thereby 
God is dishonored and offended, his laws vio- 
lated, and the sinner's own soul polluted and de- 
filed; this grief arises from a desire to love 
God, and is accompanied with a hatred of sin, 
a love of holiness, and a fixed purpose to forsake 
sin, with an expectation of favor in being for- 
given through the merits of Christ. 

COMMANDS TO REPENT. 

Matt. 3:2; 4:17; 9:13; Mk. 1:15; 6:12: Lk. 



God's Plan. 37 

*3 : 3> 5; 5 : 32; Rev. 3:3. All must repent or be 
lost. Acts 17:30; Lk. 24:47; 2 Pet. 3:9; Rev. 
2:16. Goodness of God leadeth to repentance. 
Rom. 2:4. Repent for the remission of sins. 
Acts 2:38; 8:22. 

FRUITS OF REPENTANCE. Matt. 3 :8. 

(a) Confession. Matt 3:6: 1 Jno. 1:9; 
Prov. 28:13; Ps. 32:5. 

Examples — David, 2 Sam. 12:13; Ps. 32:5: 
Prodigal Son, Lk. 15:21: Publican, Lk. 18:13. 

(b) Restitution. Ex. 22:1: Ezek. 33:15: 
Lev. 6:2-5. 

Example — Zaccheus, Lk. 19 :8. 

(c) Reconciliation. Matt. 5:23, 24; 6:14: 
Ps. 34:14; Rom. 12:18; Heb. 12:14; Lev. 19:17, 
18; Lk. 6:37; Mk. 11 :25. 

(d) Humiliation. Jas. 4:6-10. 
Example — Xinevites, Jonah 3:5-10. 

conversion. Ps. 19:7. 

The turning of a sinner from all his sins and 
taking upon himself to live a righteous life be- 
fore God. This really belongs to the fruits of 
repentance. God is the author of this change. 
Jno. 6:44,65. Commands. Acts 3:19; Ezek. 
14:6; 18:30; 33:14,16,19; Prov. 28:13; Jer. 
18:11: 26:13; Zech. 1:3; la. 55:7. 

Conversion comes before Justification. Mk. 
4:12 ; Jno. 12 40 ; Acts 3 :i9 ; 28 \2j : 26 :i8. 

Necessity of conversion. Matt. 18:3. 



Chapter IX. 
JUSTIFICATION. Rom. 5:16-18. 

Justification is that gracious act of God, 
whereby he pardons and makes just, sinners on 
the account of Christ's righteousness being im- 
puted to them, on the merits of the atonement. 

This may be termed the first act or work of 
grace, whereby God brings the sinner, without 
any merits of his own, Gal. 2:16, to that state 
of peace with God, Rom. 5:1, so that he no 
longer lives in worldly ways, Jno. 17:14-16. 
This is the first experience of God's grace 
wherein we receive a personal evidence by the 
witness of the Holy Spirit. Heb. 11:4; x J no - 
5:10; Eph. 1:13. 

Our justification was confirmed by the resur- 
rection of Christ, Rom. 4 :25 ; it is manifested 
by the good works of the believers. Jas. 2:21, 
24, 25. 

We are justified by: 

1. Christ. Gal. 2:16; 1 Cor. 6:11. 

2. Grace freely given. Rom. 3:24; 4:16; Tit. 

3 '7- 

3. Faith. Rom. 5:1; 3:28, 30; 4:5; Gal. 2; 

16: 3:8, 24. 

38 



God's Plan. 30 

Justification Promised. 

la. 1:18; 43:25,26; 55:7; Heb. 8:12; 10:17; 
1 Jno. 1:9; Jer. 33:8; 50:20; Mic. 7:18; Ps. 
£6:5; 103:3; Acts 5:31; 13:38; 26:18; 10:43; 
£ph. 1:7; Col. 1:14; Dan. 9:9; Rom. 3:24,25. 

Conditional. 

(a) Repentance. See subject repentance. 

(b) Belief. Rom. 4:24; 10:10; Acts 13:39. 
Evidences. 

(a) Witness of the Holy Spirit. 1 Jno. 5 : 
/o; Eph. 1:13; Rom. 8:16. 

(b) Peace with God. Rom. 5 :i ; la. ,32:17. 

(c) See also comparison of Justification and 
Sanctification. Chapter XIV. 

Examples of those justified: 
Disciples, Jno. 17:6-16; Publican, Lk. 18:14; 
Cornelius, Acts 10:22. 
Other names given for this act of grace: 

PARDON, FORGIVENESS, REMISSION OF SINS. 



Chapter X. 
SANCTIFICATION. 2 Thes. 2:13. 

Is that gracious act of God whereby we are 
instantaneously cleansed from the pollution of 
sin, Acts 15:8, 9, and the power thereof, and 



4o God's Plan. 

endowed with the principles of holiness, Eph. 
5 125-27, and are thus completely set apart to 
God, Rom. 12:1,2, and prepared unto every 
good work, 2 Tim. 2 :2i ; Eph. 2 :io. 

In brief it is to cleanse, to purify, to set apart 
and make holy unto God. 

This is the second act or work of grace 
wrought by God, whereby he completes the sal- 
vation of a soul, and gives the evidence that the 
work is completed. 2 Thes. 2:13; Heb. 10:14, 
15. 

NECESSITY OF BEING SANCTIFIED. 

(a) It is a command. 1 Pet. 3 :is ; 1 :i5, 16 ; 
2:9; Ezek. 36:23; Ex. 19:6; Lev. 1 1 44, 45 ; 19: 
2; 20:7,26; Num. 15:40; Rev. 22:11. 

(b) It is the will of God. 1 Thes. 4:3,4; 
Heb. 10:10. We must do the will of God. 
Matt. 7:21; Mk. 3:35. 

(c) Without it no man can see the Lord. 
Heb. 12:14; Matt. 5:8. 

(d) We are chosen through it to salvation. 
2 Thes. 2:13. 

(e) We are elected through it. 1 Pet. 1:2; 
Eph. 1 '.4. 

(f) The church must be -sanctified to be- 
come the bride of Christ. Eph. 5 :25~27. 

(g) The inheritance is through it. Acts 20: 
32; 26:18. 

(h) Christ set us the example. Jno. 17:19; 
1 Cor. 1 :30 ; 1 Pet. 1 :2. We are to follow in 



God's Plan. 41 

his steps. 1 Jno. 2:6; 1 Pet. 2:21. 

(i) Christ prayed for our sanctification. Jno. 
17:17-20. Also the Apostle. 1 Thes. 5:23,24. 

HOW SANCTIFIED. 

(a) By faith, Acts 26:18; Indwelling by 
faith, Eph. 3:17; Standing grace by faith, Rom. 
5:2-5; Purified by faith, Acts 15:9. 

(b) By word of God and prayer. 1 Tim. 

4:5. 

(c) By consecration. Rom. 12:1, 2. False 

consecration, la. 66:17. 

EVIDENCES. 

(a) The witness of the Holy Ghost. Heb. 
10:14,15; 1 Jno. 3:24; 4:13; 5:9,10; 2 Cor. 
1 .22. 

(b) The peace of God. Col. 3:15; Rom. 14: 
17; Phil. 4:7; la. 32:17. 

(c) The fruits of the Spirit. Rom. 6:22: 
Gal. 5 :22-25 ; Eph. 5 :g ; these are brought to 
perfection. Lk. 8:14, 15; Jno. 15:2, 5. 

benefits. 

(a) We are cleansed and freed from the 
state of sin. See subject cleansing Chapter 
XII. 

(b) We receive the gift of faith (1 Cor. 12: 
9) to overcome the world. 1 Jno. 5 4. 

(c) Prepares us for good works. Eph 2:10, 
2 Tim. 2:21. 

(d) It saves us. Tit. 3:5; 2 Thes. 2:13; 
Acts 11 :i4,i5- 



42 God's Plan. 

(e) It makes us one in Christ. Jno. 17:19. 
21; Rom. 12:5; Hdx 2:11; Eph. 4:11-16; Gal. 
3 ^7, 28. 

The plan for sanctification is : crucifixion, 

CLEANSING, AND THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY 
GHOST. 



Chapter XL 
CRUCIFIXION OR DEATH OF THE OLD 
' MAN. 

This is the act by which original sin or sin as 
a state is overcome in us and destroyed or killed. 
This begins at repentance,, when we suppress 
its death-dealing actions by not obeying its im- 
pulses, and by our crucifying the deeds of the 
body, Eph. 4 :22 ; Col. 3 :8, 9, and is completed 
at sanctification, when the old nature is cruci- 
fied, mortified or killed. A few advocate the 
suppression theory or the keeping in subjection 
of the old nature. God's word clearly teaches 
that this nature is to be in subjection in justifica- 
tion, so that it will not obtain dominion over us. 
and that we must seek its crucifixion, being put 
off, or destruction, which takes place at the time 
of our being wholly sanctified to God. 

The crucifixion is compared to Christ's cruci- 
fixion upon the cross. Gal. 2:20; 6:14; Rom. 
6:3-10: 1 Pet. 3:18. 



God's Plan. 43 

No man had taken away the life of Christ, 
Jno. 10:15, 17, 18, but he yielded his life up. and 
thus he was crucified to the world. In like 
manner must we die to the world by yielding 
up our wills to God, and by so doing we die or 
are crucified to the world and the world to us. 
Gal. 6:14. 

The Apostle says : "I am crucified with Christ : 
nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth 
in me ; and the life which I now live in the flesh 
I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved 
me and gave himself for me." Gal. 2:20. 

The time of the crucifixion of this nature de- 
pends wholly upon the individual, after he has 
the knowledge of the truth. 

Man's extremity is God's opportunity. 

Very few hours were needed for Christ's 
crucifixion, while more were needed before the 
death of the thieves on the crosses. 

So only a short time is required for our death 
to sin, or this body of sin to be crucified.* 

The Apostle says, speaking of the justified 
life, "If ye live after the -flesh/' that is be in 
obedience to or the servants of sin, Rom. 6:16; 
Jno. 8:34, "ye shall die/' that is be separate from 
the life of God, 1 Jno. 5:12; "but if ye through 
the Spirit;' the helping and leading of the Spirit, 
"do mortify the deeds of the body (of sin, Rom. 
6:6), ye shall live." 



Appendix Note 3. 



44 God's Plan. 

We are not to continue to transgress God's 
law after he has justified us if we expect to 
continue to live. We must keep this carnal na- 
ture down and not obey it by sinning. 

If we are Christ's we have crucified the flesh 
with the affections and lusts. Gal 5 124. 

The "old man" or nature is crucified when we 
have no other desire but the desire of God, no 
other will but the will of God; this takes place 
at the time of the complete consecration made 
for sanctification. Gal. 2 :2c 



Chapter XII. 

PURIFICATION OR CLEANSING. 

(Washing of regeneration.) 

Is that gracious act of God, whereby we are 
separated from the state of sin, or the body of 
sin that worketh death in us. This is eradicated 
from the heart by God's sanctifying grace. 

Alter we have crucified the old nature, God 
cleanses it out. 

This state of sin in the heart is termed un- 
cleanliness of the heart and remains after justi- 
fication, and needs a cleansing act whereby it is 
freed from this body of corruption. See Rom. 
7:5-25. 



God's Plan. 45 

The scriptural names for this act are : Cleans- 
ing, purifying, purging, washing, making free, 
and saving. 

The act is spoken of as freeing from bond- 
age. Jno. 8:31-36; Rom. 6:7, 18; 8:2. 

Christ saves or separates us from this sin. 
Matt. 1 \2i ; Jno. 1 129. 

Cleansing, saxctificatiox axd the bap- 
tism of the Holy Ghost are, in operation, 
closely related ; the heart is purified by the act of 
sanctification and we receive the evidence of the 
same by the baptism of the Holy Ghost ; this is 
one continuous operation of God. 

promised. 

Ezek. 36:25, God says, "I will sprinkle clean 
water upon you, and ye shall be clean ; from all 
your filthiness, from all your idols I will cleanse 
you." This is done by the washing of regen- 
eration, Tit. 3:5; Ps. 51:2,7, or the sanctifying 
and cleansing with the washing of water by the 
word. Eph. 5:26; 1 Cor. 6:11; Jno. 15:3. By 
this washing is obtained a new heart and a new 
spirit. Ezek. 36:26; 2 Cor. 5:17. This was 
what was desired by David when he prayed God 
to create in him a clean heart and renew in him 
a right spirit. Ps. 51:10; Heb. 8:10-12. This 
is obtained by the sanctifying power, Ezek. 36 : 
23; Eph. 5:26; Heb. 9:13,14; 2 Tim. 2:21. 

At this time will be received the baptism of 
the Holy Ghost. Ezek. 36:27. That is, his 



4^ God's Plan. 

Spirit will be in us. Jno. 14:17; Heb. 8:10, 11 : 
Jer. 31:33, 34. 

God promises to cleanse from iniquity. Jer. 
33 :8 ; Ezek. 37 :23 ; from unrighteousness. 1 
Jno. 1 :g. The blood of Christ cleanses. 1 Jno. 
1:7. See Heb. 13:12; 1:3; Tit. 2:14; Rev. 1: 

5; 7:i4. 

The cleansing is by faith, Acts 1 5 :g, and in 
obeying the truth. 1 Pet. 1 :22; Jno. 15 :3. 

We are promised to be made free. Matt. 1:21; 
Jno. 8:32; Ezek. 36:29; and sin is separated 
from us. Rom, 6:j, 18,22; 8:2. God demands 
our purity. 1 Jno. 3 :3 ; Ps. 24 '.4 ; Matt. 5 :8 ; 
Dan. 12:10. 

We cannot cleanse ourselves from this nature. 
Job. 14:4; 25:4; Prov. 20:9. 

TYPES OF SANCTIFICATION. 

(a) Resurrection of Christ. Rom. 614,5, 
8-1 1 ; Eph. 2:6; 1 Pet. 3:21. 

(b) The Tabernacle, holy of holies, or most 
holy place. Heb. 9:3-i4;io:9-22. 

Those spoken of as being sanctified. 1 Cor. 
1 :2: 1 Pet. 1 :2 ; Tnde 1. 



Chapter XIII. 
PERFECTION. Heb. 6:1. 

"The righteous perfect are the full grown 
Christians who are justified by the blood, and 
sanctified by the Spirit of Christ* — Clarke's com- 
mentary on Heb. 12:23. This state does not 
mean an absolute perfection as delegated to God 
or the angels, in which man can not err 
in judgment, or have a perfect knowledge, nor 
being perfectly delivered from bodily infirmities, 
but that state in which a man has God supreme 
in all his affections, all his carnal desires are 
crucified and the perfect love of God is shed 
abroad in his heart by the Holy Ghost which is 
given unto him. Rom. 5 15. 

Commands to be perfect. Matt. 5 148 ; Lk. 6 : 
40; 2 Cor. 13:9,11: Heb. 13:20,21: Jas. 1:4: 
Heb. 6:1. 

God can make us that which he has com- 
manded us to be. Matt. 19:21, 26; Eph. 4:11- 
13 : Christ does the work. Heb. 7:11, 19, 24, 25. 

FRUITS. 

Unoftensive in words, Christlike, Jas. 3 :2 ; 
Patience, Jas. 1:4; Love, Col. 3:14; Oneness, 
Jno. 17:23; Fearlessness in the cause of Christ, 
1 Tno. 4:17, 18. 

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48 God's Plan. 

examples. 
Noah, Gen. 6:9; Enoch, Gen. 5:24; Heb. 11: 
5 ; David, 2 Sam. 22 123 ; Job, Job 1:1,8; Elijah. 
2 Kgs. 2:11; Others, Ps. 37:37; 64:4; 101:2; 
Prov. 2:21; 11:5; 1 Cor. 2:6. The ministry is 
the means of bringing them to this state, Eph. 
4:11-13, by the preaching of the scriptures, 2 
Tim. 3:16, 17; 4:1-3. 

HOLINESS. 

Is that godly life which we live after we 
are wholly sanctified. la. 35:8; Heb. 12:14; 
Rom. 6:22. 



Chapter XIV. 

COMPARISON OF JUSTIFICATION AND 

SANCTIFICATION. 

(a) Justification is the pardon of trans- 
gression and making just before God; sancti- 
fication is the cleansing out of the corrupted na- 
ture and being set apart and made holy unto 
God, 

(b) We repent of sins committed before be- 
ing justified, Acts 2:38; 3:19; we make a com- 
plete consecration of our bodies as a living sac- 
rifice at sanctification. Rom. 12:1, 2. 

(c) Salvation plan is begun in justification, 



God's Pi,an. 49 

and is completed in sanctification. 2 Thes. 2:13. 

(d) The new birth begins in justification and 
is completed in sanctification. See subject new 
birth. Chapter XVI. 

(e) We are conditional heirs in justification. 
Eph. 1:1,4,5,7,10,11; Rom. 8:17. We re- 
ceive the inheritance through sanctification. 
Acts 20:32; 26:18; Gal. 3:22-29; 4:1-21; 5:1- 
26; Heb. 12:5-14. 

(f) We have life in justification, life more 
abundantly in sanctification. Jno. 10:10. 

(g) We have fruits (Gal. 5:22,23) in justi-. 
fication, but bring them to perfection in sancti- 
fication. Jno. 15:2, 5; Lk. 8:14, 15. 

(h) We have peace with God in justifica- 
tion, Rom. 5:1; standing grace, Rom. 5:2-5, 
and the peace of God in sanctification, Col. 3:15; 
Rom. 14:17; Phil. 4:7. 

(i) Life begins in justification, Eph. 2:1-5; 
we live unto God in sanctification, Rom. 6:10. 

(j) We have the Holy Spirit with vis in 
justification, the Holy Spirit in us in sanctifica- 
tion, Jno. 14:17. 

(k) We are taken from worldly ways in 
justification, Jno. 17:14,16; the desire for the 
world is taken from our hearts in sanctification, 
1 Jno. 2:15-17. 

(1) We are justified by faith through Christ, 
Rom. 5:1; also sanctified by faith through 
Christ, Rom. 5:2; Acts 26:18. 
4 



5o God's Plan. 

Examples. 
Two distinct graces were experienced by: 
i. The Disciples. These were justified men 
chosen by Christ, but had not before the day of 
Pentecost received the baptism of the Holy 
Ghost. Some had been disciples of John the 
Baptist, Jno. 1:35-40; therefore, must have re- 
ceived that baptism which was repentance for 
the remission of sins, Mk. 1 14 ; Lk. 3 :3. Christ 
testified that they were not of the world even 
as he, and acknowledged them as belonging to 
him, Jno. 17:11-16; Jesus promised to pray to 
the Father for another comforter for them, Jno. 
14:16; this prayer was offered as recorded in the 
seventeenth chapter of John's gospel. In this 
prayer he prays for their sanctification, Jno. 17: 
17, 19. This was received on the day of Pen- 
tecost, Acts 2:1-4. 

2. Apollos was on eloquent man, and mighty 
in the scriptures, also very zealous in teaching 
the things of the Lord, but knowing only the 
baptism of John (Mk. 1 14; Lk. 3:3), who com- 
ing to Ephesus and preaching, met Aquila and 
Priscilla, tent-makers, with whom Paul abode 
while at Corinth (Acts 18:1-3), and hearing him 
preach, took him unto themselves and taught 
him the way of God more perfectly. Acts 18: 
24-28. After Apollos left Ephesus, Paul in a 
short time came to Ephesus and found about 
twelve disciples who had come under the teach- 



God's Plan'. 51 

ing of Apollos; these were questioned by Paul, 
as to whether they had received the Holy Ghost 
since they believed ; they answered that they had 
never heard about the Holy Ghost. Paul then 
instructed them in the more perfect way, after 
which they received the Holy Ghost. Acts 19 : 

3. Cornelius was a devout man, one who 
feared God with all his house, he also gave much 
alms to the people, and prayed to God always. 
Acts 10:1,2. God answered his prayers and 
had him to send for Peter, who came and taught 
him, his house and some neighbors whom he 
called in, and they were all baptized with the 
Holy Ghost. Acts 10:34-47. 



Chapter XV. 
BAPTISM OF THE HOLY GHOST. 

The baptism with the Holy Ghost is that 
gracious act whereby the Holy Ghost takes up 
his abode in the heart of the believer at the 
time of his sanctification. 

Cleansing, sanctification and the baptism with 
the Holy Ghost is wrought by one and the same 
operation of God's love. The heart is cleansed 
and made holy by sanctification which is 



5-2 God's Plan. 

wrought by the Holy Ghost taking- up lvs 
abode in the heart. 

PROMISED. 

Ezek. 36:27; Joel 2:28. 29; Acts 2:17; M5; 
Jno. 7-37-39- * f «33j 14:16,17,26; 15:26; 16:7; 
Matt. 3:11; Mk. 1:7,8; Lk. 3:16. All who are 
pardoned can receive him. Acts 2:38,39; So: 

44-47- 

He is obtained by prayer. Lk. 11 -.13. 

We are commanded to receive him. Lk. 24 : 
49; Acts 1:4; Eph. 5:18. 

Benefits : 

(a) We are perfected in love. Rom. 5:5; 
1 Jno. 4:16-19. 

(b) Receive power. Acts 1 :8. 

(c) Opens our understanding in the study 
of God's word. Jno. 14:26; 16:13; 1 Cor. i\ r 
t6; Eph. 6:17: 1 Jno. 2:27. 

Examples. 
Holy Ghost baptized people : 
Disciples. Acts 1:15; 2:4. 
Stephen. Acts 6:5; 7:55. 
Paul. Acts 9:17, 18. 
Cornelius. Acts 10:44, 45 i n :i5, 16. 
Barnabas. Acts 1 1 :22-24. 
Twelve Ephesians. Acts 19:1-7. 

GIFTS. 

The gifts of the Holy Ghost are nine different 
graces that are divided severally to different 
individuals who have been baptized with the 



God's Plax. 53 

Holy Ghost, according as they are needed. 1 
Cor. 12 \J. One or more may be obtained by 
each Holy Ghost filled Christian. 1 Cor. 12:31. 
The gifts are, 1 Cor. 12:8-10: 

1. The word of wisdom. See Jas. 1:5.6. 

2. The word of knowledge. 2 Pet. 1 :5. 

3. Faith. Heb. 11:6; 12:2. 

4. Gifts of healing. See subject divine heal- 
ing. Chapter XVII. 

5. Working of miracles. 

6. Prophecy. 

7. Discernment of spirits. 1 Jno. 4:1. 

8. Different kinds of tongues. 

9. Interpretations of tongues. 

We are to covet the best of these gifts. I 
Cor. 12:31. 

ABIDING. 

The abiding of Christ is spoken of as the 
Spirit of Christ abiding. 

Promised: Jno. 14:16: 15:4,5,6,10; 1 Jno 
2 :6, 27 ; 3 -24. 



Chapter XVI. 
THE NEW BIRTH.* 

The New Birth is the entire work of Salvation 
completed. It is wrought by two works of grace, 
viz. : Justification or pardon and Sanctification, 
each received at a distinct period of time, and 
by two separate actions of faith. 

It has its beginning in justification, where 
we begin life or a spiritual existence, but is com- 
pleted only when we become wholly sanctified to 
God, our natures are renovated and made new 
in Christ, 2 Cor. 5:17; Eph. 4:22-24. It com- 
prehends the two separate and distinct acts and 
experiences in the salvation of a soul; first, by 
the pardon of transgressions ; second, by the ren- 
ovation of our fallen natures by the Holy Ghost, 
and the alteration of qualities from evil to good. 
It is the change and renovation of the soul by 
the Spirit of God, Jno. 3 15, 6. It is the infus- 
ing of spiritual life into the soul (Jno. 5:25), 
whereby it is enabled to perform spiritual ac- 
tions, without hindrance and live unto God, 
Rom. 14:8. 



'Appendix Note 5. 



God's Plan. 55 

terms used. 
Born again. Jno. 3 3, 7 ; 1 Pet. 1 123. 
Born of God. Jno. 1:12,13; 1 Jno. 3:9; 5: 
4, 18. 

Born of the Spirit. Jno. 3:5, 6, 8. 
Regeneration.* Tit. 3 15. 
Begotten of God. Jas. 1 :i8. 

PLAN OF REGENERATION. 

(a) Conviction. (Conception), Lk. 15:17; 
Jno. 8:9. 

(b) Repentance (Travail), 2 Cor. 7:10; Jas. 
4:9. 

(c) Pardon. 

(d) Cleansing (Washing of Regeneration), 
Tit. 3:5. 

(e) Sanctification. 

PROOF. 

That the New Birth comprehends not only 
Justification, but also Sanctification, or the two 
acts that God uses in completing the salvation of 
a soul. 

SONS OF GOD. 

We become the sons of God by the New Birth, 
Jno. 1:12,13; those who are led by the spirit 
of God they are the sons of God, Rom. 8:14* 

In the Justified life, we find a law in our 
members that is continually trying to bring us 
under the law of sin and death, Rom. 7:20-25. 



* Appendix Note 5, c. 



56 God's Plan. 

so that we cannot do that which we would, Rom. 
7:15-19. Now where the Spirit of the Lord is 
there is liberty, 2 Cor. 3:17, and if the body of 
sin, which worketh death, is in us, w r e find only 
at periods that we are led by the Spirit of God, 
and only to a certain extent. We find our in- 
ability to testify freely for Christ at all times, 
but like Peter who was confident in his own 
strength of spirit, Lk. 22:33; Mk. 14:29; Matt. 
26 :33~35 : find the spirit is willing but the flesh 
is weak. In the justified experience we find our 
inability to pray freely, nor do we have our minds 
continually centered upon God and his work. 
In this state we may be termed babes in Christ, 
as we yet are carnal. I Cor. 3:1-3. Not neces- 
sarily have completed the New Birth because 
we are called babes in Christ, as this is a term 
showing the baby-like disposition, instead of be- 
ing strong in the Lord. Heb. 5:12-14. 

Therefore, if this old nature has been cleansed 
out by the "washing of regeneration/' Tit. 3:5, 
we become new creatures in Christ, old things, 
(envy, hatred, malice, divisions, etc., which are 
of the carnal nature) are passed away; and be- 
hold all things are become new (not part but all 
things, such as love of God's word, love of 
prayer, love of enemies, love to obey God in all 
things, etc.). 2 Cor. 5:17; Eph. 4:24. Carnal- 
ity at this stage is of the past. In this state we 
become wholly submissive to God's will in all 



God's Plan. 57 

things without questioning. Many are only 
brought partially to the light and see men ex- 
aggerated as trees walking, that is, not clearly. 
Mk. 8:22-25, this is in the justified life, and 
when temptation comes because of the word's 
sake they fall away, Matt. 13:20, 21; Mk. 4:17; 
while a few will go on and obtain the full light in 
the completion of the New Birth and bring forth 
fruit to perfection, some thirty, some sixty, some 
an hundred fold. Matt. 13:23. 

SALVATION IN RELATION TO THE NEW BIRTH. 

Salvation is : 

(a) By the washing of regeneration and re- 
newing of the Holy Ghost. Tit. 3 15. 

(b) Through Sanctification. 2 Thes. 2:13. 

(c) By the baptism of the Holy Ghost. 
Acts 11 :i2-i5. 

The above show that Sanctification and the 
baptism with the Holy Ghost completes the sal- 
vation of the believer ; that salvation is completed 
by the washing of regeneration or the cleansing 
of the New Birth. Therefore, regeneration is 
completed only when we are sanctified and bap- 
tized with the Holy Ghost. 

W T ASHING OF REGENERATION. 

Tit. 3 :5, 6. "Not by works of righteousness 
which we have done, but according to his mercy 
lie saved us by the washing of regeneration?' 
this washing of regeneration is the cleansing or 



58 God's Plan. 

purging out of the old nature by Sanctification, 
and in this relation is it used in Eph. 5:26, 
''Christ gave himself for the church" (Jno. 17: 
19) "that he might sanctify and cleanse it with 
the washing of water by the word." This is not 
by literal water, but by the washing of re- 
generation. See 1 Pet. 3:21. "And renewing 
of the Holy Ghost; which He shed on us abun- 
dantly through Jesus Christ our Savior;" the 
baptism of the Holy Ghost is received immedi- 
ately upon being washed or cleansed by Sanc- 
tification, "which he shed" (poured out, Acts 
2:16-18) "on us." 

SALVATION THROUGH SANCTIFICATION. 

2 Thes. 2:13, 14. "But we cure bound to give 
thanks alzvay to God for you, brethren beloved 
of the Lord, because God hath from the begin- 
ning," (from the time you were called. Matt. 
20:16; 22:14. We are called when we repent 
and the Lord pardons us. Few that become con- 
verted become wholly sanctified) "chosen you 
to salvation through Sanctification of the Spirit 
and belief of the truth." Before we are com- 
pletely saved we must go through sanctification, 
or become wholly sanctified. 1 Thes. 5 :23, 24. 
W hereunto he (God) called you by our gospel 
to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus 
Christ. God requires us to not only become 
justified, but also sanctified to complete salva- 
tion. He calls us to this. 



God's Plan. 59 

salvation by the holy ghost baptism. 

Acts 11 114-16. Cornelius was just, devout, 
feared God, gave alms and prayed to God al- 
ways, Acts 10:1,2,22; yet Peter was to speak 
the words whereby Cornelius and his house 
should be saved, Acts 11:14. These received 
this salvation by the baptism of the Holy Ghost, 
Acts 11 :i5, 16. 

The term salvation by the scriptures is never 
applied to the first work of grace or Justifica- 
tion, but to the second work or entire Sanctifi- 
cation. 

THE ABIDING OF CHRIST. 

The abiding of Christ is spoken of in relation 
to the New Birth. 

The Holy Ghost is termed the Spirit of Christ, 
Rom. 8 :g, and speaks of Christ being in you, that 
is, the Spirit of Christ dwelling in you. There 
must be a cleansing or purifying of the heart 
before Christ takes up his abode in the heart. 

Jno. 15:2-5. "Every branch in me that bear- 
eth fruit," (Gal. 5:22,2^) "he purgeth" (cleans- 
eth or purifieth) "it, that it may bring forth 
more fruit" (Gal. 5:22,23). After being 
cleansed Jesus will take up his abode in the 
heart; in this relation Christ says, "Abide in me 
and I in you;" this is a oneness with Christ 
which he expects of all his followers. 

We become one in Christ through Sanctifica- 
tion. Jno. 17:17, 19-23; Rom. 12:5; Gal. 3:28. 



6g God's Plan. 

We must be justified before we can bring forth 
any fruits (Gal. 5:22,23) Jno. 15:4. There 
must be that oneness or Christ abiding in us be- 
fore we can bear much fruit (Gal. 5:22,23) 
Jno. 15:5. God is glorified by his children, in 
their bearing much fruit. Jno. 15:8. 

Perfect love comes by the abiding of Christ in 
us. 1 Jno. 2:5,6; 4:16-19. 

The anointing comes by the abiding, and our 
eyes are opened to the understanding of God's 
word. Jno. 14:26; 16:13-15; 1 Jno. 2.27. 

The abiding spoken of in the above, refers to 
the Holv Ghost baptism or the wholly sanctified 
life. 

BORN OF GOD. 

i Jno. 3 :g. "Whosoever is born of God doth 
not commit sin'' (because) "for his" (God's) 
"seed" (Christ) "remaineth" (abideth. 1 Jno. 
3:6) "in him" (whosoever is born of God), "and 
he cannot" (must not) r sin, because he is born 
of God" Christ came to dwell in us, and sepa- 
rate us from the sinful nature, and thus we are 
saved continually, Matt. 1:21; Heb. 7:25; by 
having destroyed (crucified) the works of the 
devil, 1 Jno. 3:8, which is the "old man," Rom. 
6:1-6, in us, through the devil having tempt- 
ed our first parents, Rom. 5:12-19. 

1 Pet. 1 :23. "Being born again not of cor- 
ruptible seed, but of incorruptible" (seed, that is 
Christ), "by the word of God } zvhich" (seed) 



God's Plan. 6i 

"liveth and abide th forever. " This is spoken 
of. a class of Christians who are the elect through 
Sanctification of the Spirit (i Pet. 1:2); who 
are called to lead holy lives (1 Pet. 1 115, 16) and 
are purified, 1 Pet. 1 .22. "Born spiritually such 
as are regenerated and renewed by the power 
and grace of the Spirit of God, in the ministry 
of the word, and so are made like God, by par- 
taking of a divine nature. Jno. 1:13; 3:5,6; 2 
Pet. 1:4; 1 Jno. 3 :g" — Cruden Concordance. 
The Adamic nature must be crucified and eradi- 
cated before we can partake of the divine nature 
2 Cor. 5:17; Eph. 4:22,24; Col. 3:9,10. Born 
of the Spirit is the same as being born again. It 
is the spiritual work as begun in Justification 
and completed in Sanctification.* Many die 
spiritually before they come to the full light, and 
thus come not to perfection, Lk. 8:13, 14; while 
a few going on (or being carried on — Greek) 
to perfection, Heb. 6:1: come into the full sta- 
ture of a man in Christ. Eph. 4:12-15; Lk. 8:15. 
Jno. 3 :5. "Except a man be bom of water and 
of the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom 
of God." A man must not only have the natur- 
al birth, but also the spiritual birth, as, "except 
a man be born of water and of the Spirit he can- 
not enter into the kingdom of God. "That which 
is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is 
born of the Spirit is Spirit/'* 

Appendix Note 5. 



62 God's Plan. 

"The kingdom of God is not meat and drink; 
but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the 
Holy Ghost." Rom. 14:17. 

ADOPTION. 

Is that gracious act of God whereby we, as 
aliens and strangers, Eph. 4:18; Col. 1:21, are 
brought into the relationship of children of God, 
Rom. 8:15, 16. 

We secure this position by the New Birth. 
Gal. 4:1-9. 

Promised. Jer. 31:33; 2 Cor. 6:16, 18; Eph. 
2:11-13; 1:5; 1 Jno. 3:1. 

The adopted are true believers in Christ, rely- 
ing upon his blood for regeneration. Jno. 1:12, 
^3; Rom. 3:24, 25; Zech. 12:10; Gal. 4:5, 6; 
1 ; Jno. 2 :2g. Adoption sometimes refers to the 
glorification of the saints at the resurrection. 
Rom. 8:23. 

V WE MAY BECOME SONS: 

1. By being completely separated from un- 
believers, iniquity and uncleanliness. 2 Cor. 6: 
14-18. 

2. By cleansing ourselves from dishonorable 
things. 2 Tim. 2:20,21. 

3. By being led by the Spirit of God. Rom. 
8:14. 

4. By becoming peacemakers. Matt. 5:9. 

5. By loving and doing good to enemies. Matt. 
5 :43-48. 



God s Plan. 65 

6. By having the fruits of the Spirit. Gal. 
5 -22-25. 

7. When they can discern good and evil and 
can digest solid food. Heb. 5:8-14. 

8. When the word of God abides in us. 1 Jno. 
2:14. 

a. A son is called to be a good soldier, suffer- 
ing hardships. 2 Tim. 2 13-5. 

b. Workman. 2 Tim. 2:15; Eph. 2:10. 

c. Good stewards. 1 Pet. 4:10; Lk. 19:12- 



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Chapter XVII. 
DIVINE HEALING. 

Divine healing is that gracious act of God, 
whereby the body, which is afflicted by sickness 
and disease, is restored to health, so that the re- 
cipient may be able to more fully glorify God 
in doing the work that he has called him to do. 
God is the author of this benefit. Ex. 15:26; 
Deut. 32:39; Jer. 30:17; Ps. 103:3; Matt. 8: 
16, 17 ; 4 :23, 24. Faith is the means. Jas. 5 115 : 
Mk. 2:3-12; Matt. 9:20-22. 

Examples. 

Those healed, by whom, and the means used : 



64 God's Plan. 

Hezekiah, by God, by using an application of 
tigs. 2 Kgs. 20:1-7; la. 38:5. 

Leper, by Christ, by touching. Lk. 5:12, 13. 
Impotent man, by Christ, by speaking. Tno. 

Blind, by Christ, by two touches of the hands 
on the eyes. Mk. 8 :22-25. 

Blind from birth, by Christ, by application of 
clay and spittle, and washing. Jno. 9:1-7. 

Lunatic, by Christ, by rebuking the devil. 
Matt. 17:14-18. 

Two blind men, by Christ, by touching their 
eyes. Matt. 9 '.27-30. 

Peter's wife's mother, by Christ, of fever, by 
touching her hand. Matt. 8:14, 15. 

FAITH OF OTHERS. 

The faith of others is helpful in healing. 

Centurion for his servant, to Christ, Palsy. 
Matt. 8:5-13. 

Sick of palsy, by Christ, four men. Mk. 2 : 
3-12. 

THIS POWER IS GIVEN TO OTHERS. 

It is a special gift of the Holy Ghost. 1 Cor. 
12:9. 

Examples. 

Those who were healed by others : 

Naaman, leprosy, by Elisha, by dipping seven 
times in the river Jordan. 2 Kgs. 5:1-14- 

Jeroboam, withered hand, by a man of God, 
by prayer. 1 Kgs. 13:6. 



God's Plan. 65 

Lame man from birth, by Peter, by lifting 
up. Acts 3:1-8. 

Cripple, by Paul, by speaking. Acts 14:8-10. 

THIS POWER GIVEN TO: 

The twelve Disciples. Matt. 10: 1, 8. 
The Seventy. Lk. 10:1, 9. 
To the church. 1 Cor. 12:28. 
Prayer the means of communication for heal- 
ing. Ps. 6:2; Jas. 5:14-16. 



Chapter XVIII. 
THE SECOND COMING. 

That time when Christ will come again to this 
earth, to receive all the saints who are prepared 
and waiting for him, that he might be glorified 
in them. 2 Thes. 1:10; Heb. 9:28. 

Jesus taught his second coming under the type 
of parables. 

PARABLES. 

Ten Virgins. Matt. 25:1-13. 
Faithful Stewards. Lk. 12:35-48. 
Fig Tree. Matt. 24 :32, 33. 

PROMISED. 

By Christ, Jno. 14:1-3; by representa- 
tives, Acts 1 :ii. 

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66 God's Plan. 

commands to watch. 
Matt. 24:42-51; Mk. 13:33-37; 1 Thes. 5:1-6; 
3:12, 13; Rev. 3:3. 

SIGNS BEFORE HIS COMING. 

Scoffers at the testimony of his coming again. 
2 Pet. 3:1-4. 

Coldness of professors. Matt. 24:12; 2 Tim. 

3:i-9. 

The complete spread of the gospel into all na- 
tions as a witness. Matt. 24:14; Mk. 13:10. 

Blindness of people that can know. Matt. 24: 
37-41; Lk. 17:26-30. 

Son of perdition revealed. 2 Thes. 2:1-12. 

Troublesome times. Dan. 12:1,7-13. 

Increase of knowledge. Dan. 12 4. 

HOW HE SHAI.Iv COME. 

Swiftly. Matt 24:27; Heb. 10:37; Rev. 3:11 ; 
22:7, 20. 

Manner. 1 Thes. 4:16; Rev. 1:7. 
Certainty. Matt. 24:31-35. 



Chapter XIX. 
RESURRECTION AND GLORIFICATION. 

These are the last acts of God in restoring man 
from his fallen state. 

Redemption's plan is completed only when 
the bodies of the righteous are raised from their 
corruption. 

The second coming, Resurrection and Transla- 
tion, and the Glorification of the saints are close- 
ly associated. 

Christ's coming is immediately followed by 
the resurrection of the just, of tfie translation of 
the saints that are alive, and the glorification of 
all the faithful. 

RESURRECTION. 

There are three resurrections referred to in 
God's word. 

i. The spiritual resurrection of the soul from 
the Head state of sin into righteousness. Rom. 
6:3-10; 8:11. 

2. The resurrection of the bodies of the saints 
from corruption at the time of Christ's second 
coming. This is called the first resurrection. 
Rev. 20:5, 6. 

3. Is the resurrection that will take place im- 
mediatelv preceding the last general judgment, 

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68 God's Plan. 

after the millenial period. Rev. 20:11-13. See 
Millenial Period. Chapter XX. 

REDEMPTION OF BODIES. 

Promised. Lk. 21:27, 28; Rom. 8:17-25; 
Eph. 4:30; Dan. 12:2. 

Comparison. 1 Cor. 15:36-41,42-50,53,54. 

DISBELIEVERS. 

Matt. 22:23; Mk. 12:18; Acts 23:8; 1 Cor. 
15 :i2; 2 Tim. 2:18. 

Promised, 1 Thes. 4:13-18: referred to, Jno. 
11:24; 5:28, 29; 7:6; Matt. 22:31, 32; believed. 
Job. 19:25-27. 

Some have already arisen from the grave 
since Christ arose. Matt. 27 :$2 t 53. 

Last general resurrection, see judgment. 
Chapter XXII. 

TRANSLATION. 

That gracious act of God whereby the body is 
changed from the natural to the spiritual state 
without first tasting physical death. We have 
record of two translations : Enoch, Gen. 5 124 ; 
Heb. 11:5; Elijah, 2 Kgs. 2:11. 

The general translation of the just will be at 
Christ's coming. 1 Thes. 4:15-17; 1 Cor. 15: 
5i, 52. 

GLORIFICATION. 

Is that state wherein the soul and body of 
the saints are reunited after the resurrection. 
Jesus was first glorified. Jno. 7:39; 12:16, 23, 



God's Plan. 69 

24; Acts 3:13. And it is promised to all the 
faithful. Col. 3:4; Rom. 8:30. 

IN WHAT IT CONSISTS. 

a. The change of our bodies, 1 Cor. 15:53., 
54; 2 Cor. 5:1-4; Rom. 8:17-25, to the likeness 
of Christ's glorified body, 1 Jno. 3 :2 ; Phil. 3 : 
20, 21. 

b. State of bliss with Jesus. Jno. 14:1-3; 1 
Thes. 4:17; 2 Thes. 1:10; Rev. 20:4, 6; Matt. 
19 :28, 29. 

c. Special blessings. Rev. 2\'], 11, 26-28; 3: 
12:21:1-7, 10-27. See Millenial Period. 



Chapter XX. 
MILLENIAL PERIOD. 

Is that space of time when the saints shall 
live and reign with Christ. This period shall 
begin when Christ shall come for his waiting 
bride, at the first resurrection and translation 
of the just, at his second coming, and shall cover 
one thousand years. Rev. 20:4-6. 

After the first general resurrection (1 Thes. 
4:13-17; see also subject resurrection), the devil 
will be bound and imprisoned one thousand years. 
Rev. 20:1-3, so that he cannot deceive the na- 
tions. During this time the saints will be with 
Christ and reign with him, Rev. 20 '.4 : they also 



/O God's Plan. 

shall rule the nations with a rod of iron, Rev. 
2 :26, 27. 

Six of the seven vials of wrath are poured 
out upon the nations during this period. See 
Revelation, fifteenth and sixteenth chapters. 
After this will Satan be loosened from the bot- 
tomless pit, where he was cast, Rev. 20:1-3, and 
will deceive the nations and gather them together 
to battle against the saints and the beloved city, 
and fire shall come down from heaven and shall 
devour them. Rev. 20 \j-g. This great battle is 
termed the battle of Armageddon, Rev. 16:16: 
19 \ig. The spirits of devils go out to gather the 
nations to this battle, Rev. 16:14; Zeph. 3:8. 
Christ with his army will come down from hea- 
ven and slay all the wicked at this time, Rev. 
19:11-21. Fire shall be the instrument in God's 
hands for this conflict, Rev. 20:9; Ps. 50:3. 
This will be the seventh great vial of wrath upon 
the nations and the last, Rev. 16:17-21. Thus 
will be fulfilled the prophecies mentioned in Rev. 
6:14-17 and la. 34:1-3. This completing the 
destruction of the godless from this earth. 
After this the devil is cast into the lake of fire 
prepared for the devil and his angels, Rev. 20:10; 
Matt. 25:41. Where the beast and the false 
prophet have been cast, Rev. 20:10. The earth 
now and its works shall be consumed by the fire 
of God, Deut. 32 .22 ; 2 Pet. 3 7, 10, 12 ; Rev. 20 : 
11 ; 21 :i ; Mic. 1 '.4; Isa. 34:4. The godless dead 



God's Plan. . 71 

at the first resurrection will not live again until 
the thousand years are ended, Rev. 20:5. These 
shall take their place in the second resurrection 
and general judgment, in which all are judged 
that did not have part in the first resurrection, 
Rev. 20:5, 6,12, 13; Dan. 12:2; Jno. 5:29. See 
judgment. Chapter XXII. 

NEW KARTH. 

After the judgment there will be a new 
heaven and a new earth, wherein dwelleth right- 
eousness. 2 Pet. 3 113 ; la. 65 : 17-25 ; 66 :22 ; Rev. 
21 : 1. May we be among the redeemed of the 
Lord that shall have part in the first resurrec- 
tion, that we may have a glorified experience on 
this new earth. 



Chapter XXL 
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. 

This has reference to the state of the earthly 
cl urch of which Christ is the head, and may be 
termed the church militant, or working church. 
It also has reference to the state of the church 
beyond this life, and may be termed the church 
triumphant, or the glorified church. The first 
is the state for preparation and probation, the 
second the state of eternal bliss and everlasting 
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72 God's Pi,an. 

the church militant. 
Parables concerning it: 

a. The Sower, Matt. 13:3-23, preaching and 
receiving the word of God. 

b. Marriage of the King's son, Matt. 22:2-14: 
The Draw Net, Matt. 13:47-50; Invitation to the 
gospel feast. 

c. The Tares, Matt. 13 ^4-30 ; Mixture of good 
and evil people. 

d. The Hid Treasure, Matt. 13:44; Value of 
the gospel.. 

e. The Goodly Pearl, Matt. 13:45,46; Seeking 
salvation. 

f. The Mustard Seed and Leaven, Matt. 13 : 
31-33; Spread of the gospel. 

g. The Ten Virgins, Matt. 25:1-13; Watchful- 
ness of the church. 

h. The Talents, Matt. 25:14-30; Faithfulness 
of the church. 

Prophesy of this kingdom, Dan. 2 :44. 

This kingdom came through Christ, Matt. 3 : 
2; 4:17; 10:7; 12:28; Lk. 10:9, 11; 11:20, 

In what it consists : of righteousness, joy, and 
peace in the Holy Ghost, Rom. 14:17; Power. 
1 Cor. 4:20; and comes in the heart, Lk. 17:20. 
21 ; with power. Mk. 9:1 ; Lk. 9:27; by the gift 
of the Holy Ghost, Acts 1 :8. 

HOW WE ENTER. 

By the way of the New Birth, Jno. 3 13, 5. 



God's Plan. 73 

By being converted and becoming as a little 
child, Matt. 18:3. 

By doing the will of the Father, Matt. 7:21. 

The difficulties in the way of those who would 
enter : 

Riches, Matt. 19:16-26; Lack of determina- 
tion, Lk. 9:62. 

The exalted, Mk. 10:14,15; Self-righteous, 
Matt. 5:20. 

Those who cannot inherit the kingdom, 1 Cor. 
6:9, 10; Gal. 5:19-21; Eph. 5:3-5; Rev. 21:8, 
27 ; Rom. 1 :29~32. 

How the inheritance comes, Acts 26 :i8 ; 20 :32 ; 
1 Cor. 6:11; Col. 1:12, 13; Jas. 2:5. 

THE CHURCH TRIUMPHANT. 

We must belong to the militant church before 
we can enter the triumphant church. Christ does 
the adding to the earthly church, Acts 2:47. 
Many seek to enter but do not meet the require- 
ment, Matt. 7:21. These shall also be deprived 
of entering the church triumphant, Matt. 25:31- 

46. 

How to get an abundance of an entrance, 2 
Pet. 1 .-4-11. 

We must enter through great tribulations, 
Acts 14:22; Rev. 7:14. 



Chapter XXII. 
THE JUDGMENT. 

There are three judgments spoken of in God's 
word: 

First, the judgment which the sinner receives 
in his accepting or rejecting the word which is 
preached. Jno. 3:18. 

Second, the judgment of the faithful and un- 
faithful servants and stewards; this will take 
place at Christ's second coming, Matt. 25 ; Rom, 
14:10, 14; 1 Cor. 4:5; 2 Thes. 1:7-10; Dan. 12: 
1-3. These shall be judged according to their 
faithfulness and works. See Matt. 25; 2 Cor. 
5:io. 

The third and last general judgment will take 
place at the end of the Millenial Period. Those 
who belong to the ungodly dead that had no part 
in the first resurrection, Rev. 20:5; are raised to- 
gether with those who went through the seven 
vials of wrath during the thousand years after 
the second coming. These stand before Christ 
and his saints to be judged, Jude 14, 15; Dan. 
7 :g, 10. Jno. 5 :2g speaks of both resurrections 
and judgments; Rev. 20:11-13, speaks of the 
last resurection and judgment. 

There is a day appointed for judgment. Acts 
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God's Plan. 75 

There becomes a separation in judgment. This 
is stated in the following parables: Sheep and 
Goats, Matt. 25:31-46; Talents, Matt. 25:19-30; 
Tares, Matt. 13:30-40; Net. Matt. 13:48,49. 

Those judged, Rom. 14:10,12; 2 Cor. 5:10; 
Eccl. 1 1 :g. 

How judged, To line, la. 28:17; With His 
trutn, Ps. 96:13; in righteousness, Ps. 9:8; with 
equity, Ps. 98:9; according to works, Eccl. 12: 
14; 2 Cor. 5:10; according to words, Matt. 12: 
36, 37- 



Chapter XXIII. 
HELL AND PUNISHMENT. Lk. 16:19-31 

'this is the place of the damned, prepared for 
the devil and the angels, Matt. 25 141 ; the wicked 
and all the nations that forget God, Ps. 9:17. 

It is called the bottomless pit, Rev. 20:1-3. 

It is a lake of fire. Deut. 32:22; Rev. 20:10; 

It is called outer darkness. Matt. 22:13; 8: 
12; 25:30; Jude 13. 

Punishment and those punished, Matt. 13:41, 
42,48-50; la. 66:24; Rev. 20:14, 15; 21:8; Jude 
6, 7, 13; Matt. 25:30, 41; 18:8, 9; Mk. 9:43-48; 
2 Thes. 1:7-9; R ev - 14:9-11. 

These shall be in everlasting torment, Rev. 20 : 



76 God's Plan. 

io; Dan. 12:2; Rev. 14:11; Matt. 25:46; 2 Thes. 
1 :g ; la. 66 :24. 

UNPARDONABLE SIN. 

This is a sin that is committed for which one 
cannot be forgiven in this life nor the life to 
come, Matt. 12:31,32; Mk. 3:28-30; Lk. 12:10; 
11:24-26; Heb. 10:26-29; 6:4-6; 2 Pet. 2:20-22; 
Gen. 6:3; 1 Jno. 5:16,17. 

Examples: Ananias and Sapphira, Acts 5:1- 
10; Nadab and Abihu, Lev. 10:1, 2. See also 
Acts 7:51; 13:44-46. 



Chapter XXIV. 
BELIEF. 

Belief for salvation is to receive the word of 
God and be fully persuaded that Christ is the Son 
of God, that he came to this earth and made an 
atonement for man's salvation, and that he can 
be the recipient of this favor. 

Hearing God's word a means of belief, Mk. 1 : 
15; Acts 4:4; 8:12; 15:7; Rom. 1:16; 10:14, 
15 ; 1 Cor. 1 :2i ; Eph. 1 113. It must be from the 
heart, Rom. 10:9, 10; Acts 8:37. 

We are justified by belief, Acts 13:38, 39; 10: 
43; Rom. 3: 25, 26; 13:11; also sanctified, Jno. 
7:37-39; Rom. 15:13; and obtain salvation, Jno. 
1:12; 3:36; 11:25; 1 Thes. 4:14. 



God's Plan. 77 

Faith is the substance (confidence) of things 
hoped for, the evidence of things not seen, Heb. 
11 :i; it assures us of the reality and worth of 
eternal and invisible things, and produces a satis- 
faction and assured confidence, that God will cer- 
tainly perform what he has promised, whereby 
the believer is as confident of them, as though he 
actually possessed them. 

It is a gift of God, Eph. 2:8; Acts 17:31 
(margin) ; Heb. 12:2, 

Comes by belief, Rom. 10:16, 17. 

SAVING FAITH. 

We are justified by it, Rom. 3:28,30; 5:1; 
Gal. 2:16; 3:8,24; sanctified, Acts 26:18; puri- 
fied, Acts 15 :g ; standing grace, Rom. 5 :2 ; saving- 
grace, Eph. 3:17; receive the Spirit, Gal. 3:14: 
Christ dwells in our hearts, Eph. 3:17; and 
children of God, Gal. 3 '.26. 

HEALING FAITH. 

See Divine Healing. Chapter XVII. 

LIVING FAITH. 

This is one of the nine gifts of the Holy 
Spirit, 1 Cor. 12:9; a ^ so one oi the fruits of the 
Spirit, Gal. 5:22. 

Without it we cannot please God, Heb. 1-1:6. 

Righteousness of God obtained by it, Rom. 
3 :22 ; 4 :i3 ; 9 130 ; 10 :6 ; Gal. 5 15 ; Phil. 3 :g. 

It overcomes the world, 1 Jno. 5 14; Eph. 6:16. 

We stand by having it, 2 Cor. 1 :24. 



78 God's Plan. 

Walk by it, 2 Cor. 5:7; Grow by it, Rom. 1 : 

n- 

Examples : Heb. 1 1 ; Stephen, Acts 6 15, 8 ; 
Barnabas, Acts 11:24. 

COMPARISON. 

Belief is man's part, Rom. 10:8-11; Heb. 11: 
6; faith is God's part, Heb. 12:2; Eph. 2:8; 1 
Cor. 12:9. 

\V e believe God will save now ; faith skives the 
assurance that ne does save now. 



PART III, Holy Living, 

Chapter XXV. 
HOLY LIVING. 



CONSECRATION. 

Our bodies, Rom. 12:1; 1 Cor. 6:19, 20; 3: 
16, 17; Heb. 12:1, 2. 

From worldliness, Rom. 12:2; 2 Cor. 6:14-17; 
Jas. 4:4; 1:27; Gal. 6:14; 2 Cor. 4:4; 1 Jno. 
2:15-17. 

Our possessions, 1 Jno. 3:17; Matt. 19:16-26; 
19:29; Acts 2:4, 45; 5:1-10. 

Worldly goods not to be sought, Matt. 6 :33 ; 
6:19-34; Ps. 62:10; 1 Tim. 6:5-11. 

Christian's equipment, Eph. 6:10-18; Growth, 
2 Pet. 3:18; 1:4-8. 

Dress, 1 Pet. 3:3-5; 1 Tim. 2:9, 10. 

Giving, cheerfully, 2 Cor. 9:6, 7; Rom. 12:13; 
as God prospers us, 1 Cor. 16:2; by tithes and 
thank offerings, Mai. 3:8-12; Matt. 23:23. 

CHRISTIAN LOVE. 

(a) To God, Deut. 6:5; 10:12, 13; 11 :i ; 30: 
6; Matt. 22,^7, 38; Mk. 12:30. 

Proof of love to God, Jno. 14:15, 21, 23, 24; 1 
Jno. 2:5; 3:20,21. 

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80 God j s Plan. 

(b) To neighbor, Lev. 19:18; Matt. 22:39: 
19:19; Mk. 12:31; 1 Cor. 13; Rom. 13:9, ic ; 
Gal. 5:14; Jas. 2:8, 9. 

Who is our neighbor? Lk. 10:29-37. See Jno. 
4:9. 

First, Brotherhood, Rom. 12:10; 15:1-3; Gal. 
5:13; Phil. 2:3; 1 Pet. 5:5; Rom. 12:9; l Tim. 
1 15 ; 1 Pet. 1 122. 

Commands, 1 Jno. 4:7; 1 Thes. 4:9; Jno. 13: 
34; 15:12, 17; Eph. 5:2; Proof, 1 Jno. 3:14-17. 

Second, Enemies, Matt. 5:43-45; 18:35; Lk. 6: 
27-36; Rom. 12:14, 17-20; Mk. 11:25, 26. 



Chapter XXVI. 
THE BIBLE. Ps. 119:105. 

This is the written revelation of God concern- 
ing himself in his relation to man, 2 Pet. 1 :20. 
21 ; Rom. 15 :1. 

The names by which it is known: Scriptures, 
Law, Commandments, Gospel, Word of God. 
Word of Truth, Truth, Precepts, Testimonies, 
etc. 

Sufficiency for man's salvation, Rom. 1:16; 2 
Tim. 3:16, 17. Not to be added to, Deut 4:2; 
12:32; Prov. 30:5, 6; la. 8:20; Rev. 20:18, 19. 

To be lived by, Deut. 8 :3 ; Lk. 4 '.4 ; Matt. 4 : 
4' Ecc!. 12:13. 



God's Plan. 8r 

How to use for profit: Search, Jno. 5:39; 
Study, 2 Tim. 2:15; Meditate in it, Ps. 1:2; 
Read, 1 Tim. 4:13; la. 34:16. 

Benefits, Power of God, Rom. 1 :i6; Heb. 4: 
12; Sword of the Spirit, Eph. 6:17; Faith comes 
by it, Rom. 10:17; Sanctified through it, Jno. 17: 
17; 1 Tim. 4:5; it is a light, Ps. 119:105. 

It is to be preached, 2 Tim. 4:1-4; Jno. 3:34; 
la. 8:20; Deut. 4:2; Jer. 23:28-32. 

Baptism of the Holy Ghost necessary to prop- 
erly understand it, Jno. 14:26; 1 Cor. 2:4-16; 
Heb. 8:10,11; 1 Jno. 2:27. 

prayer. Matt. 6:5-13. 

Is an offering up of our heart-felt desires to 
God for things needful, with a confidence that 
we shall obtain them. 

It may be mental, 1 Sam. 1:12, 13; vocal, 1 
Kgs. 8:22-54; private, Matt. 6:6; or public, 1 
Kgs. 8 :22-54. 

It may be divided into different parts, viz : 
invocation, adoration, confession, petition, plead- 
ing, dedication, thanksgiving and blessing. 

We are to pray for others as well as for our- 
selves, Jas. 5:16; Eph. 6:18. 

How We Are to Pray: Fervently, Col. 4:12; 
Lk. 18:1-7; Sincerely, Ps. 17:1; Constantly, Col. 
4:2; 1 Thes. 5:17; Lk. 21 :36; Rom. 12:12; Eph. 
6:18; 1 Pet. 4:7; With faith, Jas. 5:15; Jas. 1 :6; 
With repentance, Ps. 66:18; Jer. 36:7; By help 
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82 God's Plan. 

of the Holy Spirit, Rom. 8:26,27; Eph. 6:18; 
Vvith understanding, 1 Cor. 14:15; Believing, 
Matt. 21:22; Mk. 11:24; Without doubting, 1 
Tim. 2:8; In truth, Ps. 145:18; In the name of 
Jesus, Jno. 14:13, 14; 15:16; 16:23, 24; Accord- 
ing to the will of God, 1 Jno. 5:14, 15; Watch 
and pray, Mk. 13:33; 1 Pet. 4:7; Fast and pray, 
Mk. 9:29; Matt. 17:21. 

ATTITUDE OF PRAYER. 

Humility, Ps. 95:6; Phil. 2:10; Rom. 14:11: 
la. 45 :23. 

Examples: Solomon, 2 Chron. 6:13; Daniel 
Dan. 6:10; Jesus, Lk. 22:41; Stephen, Acts 7 
60 ; Peter, Acts 9 40 ; Paul, Acts 20 :36 ; Eph. 3 
14; Church, Acts 21:5. Distinct times, Ps. 55 
17; Dan. 6:10. 



Chapter XXVII. 
CONVERSATION. Jas. 3. 

Forbidden: Corrupt, Eph. 4:29; Filthy, Col. 
3:8; Evil, 1 Cor. 15:33; Eph. 4:31 ; Foolish talk- 
ing and jesting, Eph. 5:3,4; Covetous, Heb. 13: 
5; Tale bearing and tattling, Lev. 19:16; Prov. 
20:19; 11:13; 6:19; 26:20; 18:8; Slander, Prov. 
10:18; Ps. 101:5; 50:20; 15:1,3; 34:12,13; 1 
Pet. 3:10. 



God's Plan. 83 

Protection of God's children from evil reports, 
Job 5:21; Ps. 31 :20. 

Acceptable: Testimony for Christ, Rom. 10: 
10; 1 Pet. 3:15, 16; Matt. 10:32; Lk. 12:8; Heb. 
13:15; Living, 1 Jno. 2:4-6; Matt. 5:16; Holy 
Conversation, 2 Pet. 3:11; Heavenly, Phil. 3:20; 
Bible, Phil. 1:27; la. 8:20; Right, Ps. 50:23: 
Pointed, Matt. 5:37: Good, Jas. 3:13. 
household. 

Husband's duty, Eph. 5 -.25, 28, 29, 31, 33 ; Col. 
3:19; 1 Pet. 3:7. 

Wife's duty, Eph. 5:22-24; Col. 3:18; 1 Pet. 
3:1; 1 Cor. 7:10, 11; 1 Tim. 5:14; Tit. 2:4, 5. 

Parents' duty: Must not provoke children, 
Eph. 6:4; 3:21; lead them to Jesus, Matt. 
19:14; correct them, Prov. 19:18; 22:6, 15; 23: 
13, 14; 29:15, 17; 23:24, 25; have them under 
authority, Tit. 1:6; 1 Tim. 3:4, 12. 

Teach them the word of God. Deut. 6:6, 7; 
4:9; 11 :i8, 19. 

Children's duty, Eph. 6:1-3; Col. 3:20; Prov. 
25:22; Ex. 20:12; Deut. 5:16; 27:16. 



PART IV, Christian Workers, 

Chapter XXVIII. 
HINTS TO WORKERS. 

The Worker Should be: Saved, Separate, 
Busy, Definite, Successful, Humble, Obedient, 
Something, Then, Do Something, Acts 8:26-40; 
Prov. 11:30; Dan. 12:3. 

"Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a 
workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly 
dividing the Word of Truth, 2 Tim. 2:15. 

Be filled with assurance, love, hunger for souls, 
prayerful dependence on the Spirit, unquestion- 
ing obedience to his leading, confidence in his 
message, boldness, tact, tenderness, blameless- 
ness — in short entire consecration. 

Whatever your feeling of timidity in doing 
personal work, do not be deterred by fear that 
you may give offense. Be natural and courteous 
in asking the simple question as to personal sal- 
vation, and, extend an invitation to come and talk 
the matter over with you. As far as possible, con- 
verse only with persons of your own age or 
younger, of your own sex and walk in life. The 
one anxiety in dealing with souls should be to 
be faithful, as in Christ's stead, and not go be- 

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God's Plan. 85 

yoad the Spirit's leading. Great harm is 4o&e 
in pressing a sinner to a decision, before tfee 
Spirit of God has prepared the way. Deal with 
the inquirer alone and in quiet. Find out his 
spiritual condition. Pray while you listen and 
wait. After a few words to ascertain the state 
of mind of the inquirer, present the truth you 
think he needs from the Bible. While convers- 
ing alone with the inquirer if some one intrudes, 
diverting his attention, kindly, tell the intruder 
to be silent or withdraw. Remember there is not 
a question of a seeker after salvation that is not 
answered by the Bible. Be cautious, that which 
is a help to one may not be to another, 
therefore, rightly divide the Word of Truth/' 
To open the conversation with the inquirer, 
if it is during a series of religious services. 
commence with some questions suggested by the 
text of the address, or by the closing appeal of 
the speaker, or by allusions to the closing hymn 
or some familiar circumstance. In conversation 
be deeply in earnest, but avoid excitement. 

Avoid telling your experience or that of others 
as the inquirer must lean on the word of God, 
and not on one's experience of it. Seldom two 
experiences are alike. Never put before others 
a message of God's Word that does not come hot 
from your own heart, or use truths you have not 
yourself digested. 

Use your own Bible. "The sword of the 
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86 God's Pj.an. 

every difficulty and objection. Have the inquirer 
read aloud the text to be applied ; better use a few 
pertinent passages than many. Depend not on 
your experience or ability to apply the Word : 
"It is the Spirit that quicken eth/'' 

Remember that neither repentance, faith, nor 
prayers, save, but Christ saves. 

Seek to secure acceptance, not so much of 
Christianity as of the personal Christ. Do not 
be drawn into debate on any point. Offer Jesus 
Christ as an antidote for doubt as w r ell as for 
sins. If an inquirer baffles you with difficult 
questions, hand such an one over to a more ex- 
perienced worker. If persons refuse and seem to 
repulse and chill you, do not be dismayed or con- 
sider your labor lost, or that you have made a 
mistake ; God often uses such refusals to convict 
of sin and lead to repentance. Never advise an 
inquirer to go home and read his Bible, or pray, 
or try and do better. This is losing the present 
opportunity with no promise of a future or bet- 
ter one. 

Affectionately urge immediate decision. Pray 
with the inquirer, and have him pray aloud be- 
fore separating. Be not too eager to lead a soul 
into peace. The anxious soul needs a Person 
rather than a blessing. 

It is a mistake to tell a person he is justified 
or sanctified; that is something for himself and 
God to settle. Let the Holy Spirit himself show 
hirri. that when he has believed on the Lord jesus 



God's Plan. 87 

Christ, he is at once justified or sanctified. 

Never consider your work as done until you 
have evidence that the inquirer fully accepts 
Christ, and he can say that he truly and joyfully 
believes and testifies on the authority of the 
Word, that he is saved. 



Chapter XXIX. 
A SOUL LED TO CHRIST. 

Remember you are doing what the angels in 
heaven cannot. 

Be in direct communication with the Lord. 

Receive the message he wants delivered. 

Go where the unsaved are. 

Walk by faith and not by appearances. 

Remember, souls are found in out-of-way 
places. 

Be obedient to the light given. 

Be looking for the one soul. 

Get his name and location. 

Regard his soul and not his person. 

Do not let his station in life affect you. 

Remember, God prepares the ground for the 
sower. 

Be alone and in quiet if possible. 

Quickly catch the state of his mind. 

Be in close relation to the Holy Spirit. 



88 God's Pi,an. 

Do not be too familiar on short acquaintance. 

Remember a close relationship is necessary. 

What you do, do quickly. 

Read the man if you want to help him. 

Listen to the man read the Bible. 

How he reads will tell where he is. 

Ask questions that will fit his case. 

Do not do all the talking. 

Every inquirer has his "how" or "why". 

Stay in your place; you are a guide. 

The inquirer will tell you how you can help 
him. 

Get on a common level if you would under- 
stand him. 

If the man is hurried, walk and talk. 

Know your Bible upside down. 

Know any other Bible as well. 

Use scripture to meet his needs. 

The inquirer longs for a Person, not a creed. 

I*et the man first tell all he knows. 

Do not talk too much yourself. 

Do not run to your favorite scripture. 

You can pray with your mouth closed. 

Be able to preach Christ from any scripture. 

A man should go out of his way to seek a 
soul. 

An inquirer desires a clean life. 

More than one question comes to a seeker. 

The moment of salvation should be the mo- 
ment of consecration. 



God's PtAN. 89 

God will make known to a man some one thing 
t«; do at once. 

You should understand the evidences of sal- 
vation. 

A man may do a good deal if he believes. 

Salvation is a thing of Revelation. 

Tie to a man until he is tied to Christ. 

There is one supreme moment to evety soul. 

God does some things, some we are to do. 

Resurrection life should be experienced. 



Chapter XXX. 
THOSE WHOM YOU WILL MEET. 

The Indifferent: Lk. 16:19-31. 

I don't want you to talk to me about salva- 
tion, Ezek. 3:11; Prov. 29 : 1 . 

Don't care to think about religion, Ps. 9:17; 
Rom. 1 :2i, 28. 

I must have a good time, Lk. 16:25 ; Ecd. 11 : 
9; 1 Tim. 5:6; Isa. 477~ I 5- 

I neither accept nor reject, Matt. 12:30; Lk. 
11:23. 

The Stubborn :Matt. 19:16-22. 

Attend to your own business, Lk. 2:49; 2 C° r 
5:20. 

It is my busines whether I'm saved or not. 
Prov. 21:29; 28:14; 29:1. 



no God's Plan. 

It would ruin my business, Mk. 8 136 ; Phil. 4 : 
19; Matt. 6:33,34; Eccl. 12:13. 

The Complainer : Lk. 7 :36-5o. 

God is not just to create and damn, Eccl. 7: 
28; Ezek. 18:25; 33:11 ; Jno. 3:16; Rom. 9:22. 

The Christian life is too exacting, Prow 3:17: 
1 Jno, 5:3; Matt. ii.:3o. 

It. is no small matter to be born again, Jno. 
3:5; I jno, 5:1. 

Christians seem unhappy, Prow 4:18; 16:20; 

Rom. 14:17; i'S-13- 

Christians are inconsistent, Rom. 2:1; 14:4: 
Matt 7:1, 2. 

Too many hypocrites in the church, Matt. 23 : 
15; Job 20:5; 8:13. 

Christians do things I would not, Rom. 14:12; 
Matt. 7:3. 

So many profess and turn out bad, 1 Jno. 2 : 
19; Matt. 7:21. 

The Procrastinator : Lk. 12:16-20. 

I'm too young now, Eccl. 12:1; Prow 8:17: 
Isa. 55 :6. 

I I don't feel it's my time to be saved. 2 Cor. 
6:2; Isa. 55:6. 

I want to investigate this some more, Job 1 1 : 
7; 1 Cor. 2:10. 

Some other time will do, 2 Cor, 6:2; Gen. 6: 
3; Heb. 3:7,8; Isa. 55:6. 

After I get settled in life, I will get saved, 2 
Cor. 6:2: Heb. 3:7,8. 



God's Plan. 91 

Fve sinned away my days of grace, 2 Pet. 3 : 
9; 2 Cor. 4:3,4; Rom. 10:21; Matt. 21:28,31. 

The Ignorant : Jno. 3 :i-2i. 

Can I know that I'm saved? Lk. 1 77; 1 Jno. 

5:i3; 4:13; 3:24. 

What do you mean by believe? Isa. 45:22; 
Rev. 22:17. 

What is repentance? 2 Cor. 7:10. 

Can't we be saved without being sanctified? 
2 Thess. 2:13; Tit. 3:5; 1 Thess. 4:3; Matt. 
7:21; Heb. 12:14; Jno. 17:19. 

Were not our forefathers saved without being 
sanctified? 2 Sam. 14:14; Heb. 12:14; 1 Pet. 
1:16, 17; Acts 10:34; Rom. 2:11; 1:18; Heb. 
13:8; 2 Chron. 19:7; Col. 3:25. 

How can I become interested in the Bible? 

I Pet. 2\2\ Ps. 119:18; 1:2. 

I am not one of the elect. Rev. 22:17; Matt. 

II :28; Isa. 45 :2i, 22. 

The Disbeliever : Heb 3:7-19. 
Religion is all a sham. 2 Pet. 1:16; 2 Tim. 
1 :i2; Lk. 1 '.4. , 

No one knows about the future. 1 Thess. 

5:1-6. 

The soul has no consciousness after death. 
Lk. 16:24; Matt. 25:46. 

I don't believe there is a God. Ps. 14:1 ; Rom. 

3:3. 

Don't believe there is a hell. Lk. 16:23; Ps. 
9:17; Rev. 20:14." 



92 God's Plan. 

Don't think as you do. Prov. 3 :$ ; 15 -.26; Isa. 
33* 9. 

Things in the Bible I can't believe. 1 Cor. 
2:14. 

Don't believe the Bible. Rom. 3 13 ; Lk. 16 129. 

I want to use my reason. Isa. 1:18; Job 
11:7. 

Don't believe Christ was divine. 1 Jno. 2 122 ; 
Mk. 5:7; Jno. 1:1, 14. 

I want evidence besides the Bible. Lk. 16:31 ; 
Jno. 20:29; Rom. 1:19, 20; Ps. 19:1-6. 

The Bible is contradictory. Tit. 1:2, 3 ; Jttde 
10; Ps. 119:160; 2 Tim. 2:15. 

Vm skeptical. Jno. 7:17; 20:31; 1 Jno. 5:20. 

The Doubters: Jno. 1:45-51. 

I don't understand the Bible as you do. 2 Pet. 
1:20; Prov. 3:5, 6; 1 Cor. 2:1014. 

I'm troubled with doubts. Isa. 50:10; Jno. 
8:12; Mic. 7:8. 

None can be perfect in this life. Gen. 6 :9 ; Job 
1:1, 8; Matt. 5:48; 2 Cor. 13:11; Ps. 37:37: 
Jas. 3:2. 

I don't believe we can be* sanctified in this 
life. Jno 17:17, 19; Heb. 12:14; 1 Thess. 5:23, 
24; 4:3; Lk. 1:74, 75. 

Don't feel saved. Acts 16:31; Ps. 119:41; 
Jer. 17:14; Rom. 8:16; Heb. 10:14, 15; 1 Jno. 
3:24; 5:10. 

The Self-Righteous : Lk. 10:25-37. 

I'm going to do my best to please God. Rom. 



God's Plan. g>j 

8:8; Phil. 2:13; Eph. 2:10. 

Young people are not so bad as old. Gsta. 
8:21; Ps. 51:5. 

I believe in growing into sanctification. Acts 
26:18; Eph. 2:8-10; Rom. 15:16. 

I never did any thing bad. Rom. 3:10, 12; 
Ps. 130:3, 4; 1 Jno. 1:10. 

I'm good enough. Ps. 51:5; Eph. 2:3; I*a. 
64:6. 

Fm better than others. Phil 2:3; Lk. 18: 11; 
Jas. 2:10; Prov. 30:12. 

Fm doing my best to be saved. Rom. 4 15 ; 
Eph. 2:8; Jer. 13:23. 

The Fearful : Mk. 5 :25>34. 

My companions have such an influence over 
me. Deut. 13:6-8; Ps. 1:1; 2 Cor. 6:14-18; 
Prov. 4:14. 

I can't stand persecutions. Mk. 8 :34, 35 ; Jno. 
16:33; Matt. 5:10-12; Isa. 26:3, 4; Heb. 4:15, 16. 

I can't live a Christian. Phil. 4:7, 13; 2 Cor. 
12:9; I P et - I: 5; J no - 10:28; Isa. 41:10; Heb. 
7:25. 

Can't break off swearing. Deut. 5:11 ; 2 Cor. 

S:i7. 

Its harder for some to be saved than others. 
Rom. 10:12; 6:23; 9:16; Isa. 45:22; Jno.i:i2. 

The Convicted: Acts 2:37-39; 16:25-34. 
Fm so wretched. Isa, 51:12; Matt. 9:12: 
Lk. 4:18. 



94 God's- Plan. 

I'm too great a sinner. I Tim. 1:15; 1 Pet. 
3: 18; Isa. 1 :i8. 

I'll turn over a new leaf. Jno. 3:3; Jno. 10:1 ; 
Job. 14:4. 

How can I be saved. Isa. 45 :22 ; Jno. 10 :g ; 
Rom. 10:13; Matt j\j. 8; Acts 3:19; 16:30, 31; 
Ezek. 33 :i4-i6. 

God seems so far off. Rev. 3:20; Ps. 145:18; 
Tas. 4:8. 

Can't Quit the Use of Tobacco: Heb. 7: 

25; Col. 3:17; 1 Cor. 10:31; 3:16, 17; 6:19, 20; 
2 Cor. 6:16; Rom. 14:23; 2 Cor. 7:1; 6:17, 18; 
Eph. 5:5; Col. 3:5; 1 Thes. 4: 7. 

The Backsuder: Lk. 22:54-62. 

I was once a Christian. Jer. 2:13; 6:16; Hos, 
14 :2 j 1 Jno. 1 :g. 

I tried once and failed. Isa. 12:2; Lk. 13:24; 
Matt. 7:7, 8. 

The Justified: Acts 10. 

1 believe we are sanctified when we are par- 
doned. Acts 10:22, 44; 11: 14, 15; 26:18; Rom. 
5:1-5; Jno. 14:16; 17:9-20. 

I don't believe God does His work by pieces. 
Mk. 8:22-25; Phil. 1:6. 



A PLAN FOR DAILY READING OF THE 
BIBLE THROUGH EACH YEAR. 



"They Searched the Scriptures Daily." — Acts 17:11. 



Date 


OLD TESTAMENT 


NEW TESTAMENT 












Book 


Chapter 


Book 


Chapter 


Jan. 1 


Genesis 


it 2, 3 


Matthew 


1 


2 


" 


4, 5^ 6 






2 


3 


i t 


7, 8, 9 


' 




3 


" 4 


a 


10, 11, 12 


c 




4 


" 5 


" 


J 3, 14, 15 






5 = 1-26 


" 6 


" 


16, 17 






5 • 27-48 


" 7 


" 


18, 19 






b : I-18 


" 8 


" 


20, 21, 22 






6 : 19-34 


" 9 


' ' 


23, 24 






7 


" 10 


« . 


25, 26 






8 : I-17 


4i 11 


" 


27, 28 






8 : 18-34 


" 12 


i 1 


29 ? 30 






9 : I-I7 


" *3 


i i 


3i» 32 






9 : 18-38 


" H 


" 


33, 34, 35 






10 : I-20 


" l S 


1 i 


36, 37, 38 






IO : 21-42 


" 16 


a 


39, 40 






II 


■< 17 


" 


41, 42 






12 : 1-23 


" 18 


" 


43, 44, 45 






12 : 24-50 


" l 9 


<< 


46, 47, 48 






13 • 1-30 


" 20 


" 


49, 5° 






13 : 31-58 


«« 21 


Exodus 


1, 2, 3 






14 : 1-2 1 


" 22 


" 


4, 5, 6 






14 : 22-36 


" 23 


< < 


7, 8 






15 : I-20 


" 24 


" 


9, 10, 11 






15 = 21-39 


•< 25 


; t 


12, 13 






16 



95 



g6 



Gods Plan. 



OLD TE< 


iTAMENT j 


NEW TESTAMENT 


Date i 
Book 


Chapter 


Book 


Chapter 


Ian. 26 Exodus J 


14, 15 


Matthew 


17 


" " 27 


16, 17, 18 j 


•• 


18 : I-20 


" 28 


19, 20 


« i 


18 : 21-35 


u 29 


21, 22 


% t 


19 


" 30 


23, 24 


li 


20 : 1-16 


" 3* ! 


25, 26 


11 


20 : 17-34 


Feb. 1 


27, 28 


21 : 1-22 


"2 


29, 3° 


21 : 23-46 


" 3 ! 


3i, 32, 33 


22 : 1-22 


,< 4 


34, 35 1 


" 


22 : 23-46 


" 5 


36, 37, 38 


*' 


23 : 1-22 


6 < < 


39* 40 




23 : 23-39 


44 7 Leviticus 


1, 2, 3 


" 


24 : I-28 


« s 


4, 5 


(< 


24 •* 29-5 1 


» 9 ■ 


6, 7 


< < 


25 = i-3° 


<< IQ 


8, 9, 10 


" 


25 : 31-46 


" II : " 


11. 12 


< c 


26 : 1-25 


it I2 


13 


" 


26 : 26-50 


<. 13 


14 


" 


26 : 51-75 


.- 14 


15, 16 


< < 


27 : 1-2.5 


.< 15 


17, 18, 19 


" 


27 : 27-50 


is l6 


20, 21 


" 


27 : 51-66 


ff 17 


22, 23 


" 


28 


» 18 


24, 25 


Mark 


I : 1-22 


" 19 " 


26, 27 


(< 


1 = 23-45 


J< 20 Numbers 


1, 2 


2 


u 2I 


3, 4 


3 • I-I9 


ii 22 


5, ° 


3 ■ 20-35 


c 23 


7, 8 


4 i 


4 : I-20 


M 24 


9, 10, 11 


< i 


j 4 1 21-41 


" 25 


■ 12, 13, 14 


" 


5 : I-20 


(1 2 6 " 


15, 16 


H 


5 8 21-43 


.1 27 


1 17, 18, 19 




6 : 1-29 


■< 28 


20, 21, 22 




6 : 30-56 


Mar. 1 


23, 24, 25 


11 


7 i l-*3 


«< 2 << 


26, 27 


" 


7 s 14-37 


" 3 


28, 29, 30 | j 


8 : 1-21 


" 4 | 


3*> 32, 33 


" 


8 : 22-38 



God's Plan. 



97 



Date 



JHjP TE STAMENT ! | NEW TESTAMENT 



Book 
J 



Chapter 



Mar. 



April 



9 

10 



6 


Dent. 


7 
8 


<< 

1 


9 

IO 


" 


ii 


•'< 


12 


" 


13 
14 

16 


< < 


17 

iS 


a 


19 

20 


Joshua 

t i 


21 


a 


22 


ii 


23 

24 

25 
26 


ii 

i i 

ii 
it 


27 

28 


Judges 

a 


29 

30 

3 r 


1 1 
tt 
i t 


2 


tt 


3 

4 
5 
6 


a 

Ruth 
I Samuel 


7 


n 



34, 35, 36 
1, 2 

3, 4 

5, 6, ;■■ 

8, 9, 10 

11, 12, 13 

H, 15, 16 

17, 18, 19 

20, 21, 22 

2 3, 24, 25 

26, 27 

28, 29 

30, 31 

32, 33, 34 

h 2, 3 

4, 5, 6 

7, 8, 9 

10, 11, 12 

J 3> 14, 15 

16, 17, 18 

19, 20, 21 

22, 23, 24 

h 2, 3 

4, S> 6 

7, 8 

9, 10 

11, 12 

*3, 14, *5 
16, 17, 18 
19, 20, 21 
h 2, 3, 4 I 

1, 2, 3 

4, 5, 6 

7, 8, 9 
10, 11, 12 ; 
13, 14 

15? 16 

17, 18 
7 



Book 



Mark ! 

I 



Luke 



Chapter 



9 


: I-29 


9 


: 30-50 


10 


:i-3i 


10 


: 32-52 


11 


: 1-18 


11 


:I 9~33 


12 


: 1-27 


12 


128-44 


13 


: I-20 


13 


: 21-37 


H 


: I-42 


H 


: 43-72 


15 


: 1-2 c; 


l S 


: 26-47 




16 


1 


: I-20 


1 


: 21-38 


1 


: 39-56 


1 


: 57-80 


2 


: 1-24 


2 


25-52 




3 


4 


1-30 


4 : 


31-44 


5 : 


1-16 


5 : 


17-39 


6 : 


1-26 


6 : 


2 7-49 


7 s 


1-30 


7 : 


3i-5o 


8 : 


J - 2 5 


8 : 


26- -6 


9 • 


1-17 


9 s 


18-36 


9 •* 


37-62 


10 : 


1-24 


10 : 


25-42 


II : 


1-28 



9 S 



God's Plan. 





OLD TESTAMENT 


NEW TESTAMENT 


Date 












Book 


Chapter 


Book 


Chapter 


April 12 


I Samuel 


19, 20, 21 


Luke 


11 : 29-54 


" 13 




22, 23, 24 


11 


12 : 1-31 


" H 




25, 26 


i i 


12 : 32-59 


" 15 


•' 


27, 28, 29 


1 1 


13 : I-22 


• 16 


< i 


30, 3i 


" 


n • 23-35 


.. iy 


II Samuel 


1, 2 


" 


14 : I-24 


" 18 


' ; 


3, 4. 5 


" 


14 : 25-35 


- 19 


" 


6, 7, 8 


" 


15 : I-10 


■• 20 


1 1 


9, 10, 11 


i4 


15 : 11-32 


'• 21 


" 


12, 13 


ii 


16 


" 22 


" 


14, 15 


< < 

i 


17 : 1-19 


« 23 


** 


16, 17, 18 


1 


17 : 20-37 


" 24 


< ; 


19, 20 


" 


18 : 1-23 


- 25 


" 


21, 22 


14 


18 : 24-43 


" 26 


14 


23, 24 


14 


19 : 1-27 


.1 27 


I Kings 


h 2 


11 


19 : 28-48 


" 28 


i 1 


3, 4, 5 


44 


20 : 1-26 


« 29 


a 


6, 7 


i " 


20 : 27-47 


" 30 


< 1 


8, 9 


44 


21 : 1-19 


May 1 


a 


10, 11 


44 


21 : 20-38 


t* 2 


" 


12, 13 


11 


22 : 1-20 


" 3 


" 


14, 15 


11 


22 : 21-46 


" 4 


" 


16, 17, 18 


44 


22 147-71 


*' 5 


« < 


19, 20 


< i 


23 : 1 25 


" 6 


If 


21, 22 


II 


23 : 26-56 


?? 7 


II Kings 


I, 2, 3 


it 


24 : i-35 


" 8 


< < 


4, 5, 6 


II 


24 : 36-56 


" 9 


4< 


7, 3, 9 


John 


I : 1-28 


" 10 


< < 


10, 11, 12 


" 


1 : 29-51 


" 11 


« < 


i3» H 


14 


2 


" 12 


" 


15, 16 


44 


3 : 1-18 


" 13 


11 


17, 18 


11 


3 : l 9~33 


" 14 


<< 


19, 20, 21 


11 


4 ' 1-30 


" 15 


( t 


22, 23 


(< 


4 S3I-54 


" 16 


1 1 


24, 25 


i i 


5 : J -24 


17 


I Chron. 


if 2, 3 


a 


5 s 25-47 


" 18 


11 


4, 5» 6 


; ' 


6 : 1-21 


- 19 


" 


7. 8, 9 


11 


6 : 22-44 



God's Pi.ax. 



99 





OLD TESTAMENT 


N£W TESTAMENT 


Date 










Book 


Chapter 


Book 


Chapter 


May 20 


I Chron. 


IO, II, 12 ! 


John 


6:45 71 


k ' 21 


" 


13. 14, *i 




7 ' 1-27 


" 22 


t i 


16, 17, iS 




7 : 2S-53 


•• 23 


" 


19, 20, 21 




8 : I-27 


" 24 


" 


22, 23, 24 




S : 28-59 


- 25 




25, 26, 27 




9 : J - 2 3 


•■ 26 


" 


28, 29 




9 : 2 4 7 4i 


- 27 


II Chron. 


h 2. 3 




10 : 1-23 


- 28 


( c 


4, 5> 6 




10 : 24-42 


" 29 


" 


7, 8, 9 




11 : I-29 


" SO 


i i 


10, 11, 12 




1 1 : 30-57 


" 31 


ei 


13, H 




12 : I-26 


June 1 


i i 


15, 16 




12 : 27-50 


•' 2 


' ; 


17, 18 




13 : I-20 


3 


a 


19, 20 




13 ' 21-38 


'• 4 


n 


21, 22 




H 


" 5 


1 1 


23, 24 




15 


" 6 




25, 26, 27 




16 


" 7 


4 1 


28, 29 




17 


" 8 


11 


3o, 3i 




18 : 1-18 


" 9 


" 


32, 33 




18 : 19-46 


" 10 


11 


34, 35, 36 




19 : 1-22 


" 11 


Ezra 


1, 2 




19 : 23-42 


11 12 


n 


3, 4, 5 




20 


v 13 


c« 


6, 7, 8 




21 


" x 4 


u 


9, 10 


Acts 


1 


'• 15 


Nehemiah 


i, 2, 3 


i 


2 : I-21 


<• 16 


<< 


4, 5, 6 




2 : 22-47 


" 17 


(4 


7. 8, 9 




3 


• 18 


(1 


10, 11 




4 : 1-22 


•• 19 


(| 


12, 13 




4 = 23-37 


" 20 


Esther 


1, 2 




5 : I-21 


«« 21 


a 


3> 4, 5 




5 : 22-42 


•• 22 


ft 


6, 7, 8 




6 


» 23 


{< 


9. 10 




7 : I-2I 


•• 24 


Job 


i, 2 




7 : 22-43 


" 25 


11 


3, 4 




7 : 44-60 


•< 26 


11 


5> 6 > 7 


11 


8 : 1-25 



L.efC. 



IOO 



God's Flax. 





OLD TESTAMENT 


NEW TESTAMENT 


Date 












Book 


Chapter 


Book 


Chapter 


Tune 27 


Job 


8, 9, 10 


Acts 


8 : 26-40 


•< 28 


" 


11, 12, 13 


11 


9 : I-2I 


" 29 




14, 15, 16 


" 


9 : 22-43 


rt 3° 


*' 


17, 18, 19 


' ' 


10 : 1-23 


July 1 


20, 21 


" 


10 : 24-42 


2 j 


22, 23, 24 


<; 


11 


11 3 ! 


25, 26, 27 


" 


12 


'■ -4 


i i 


28, 29 


1 1 


13 : 1-2; 


5 


" 


30, 3i 


" 


13 : 26-52 


" 6 


1 ' 


32, 33 


" 


H 


(i 7 


4 ' 


34, 35 


< < 


15 : I-2I 


k « 8 


'• 


36, 37 


" 


15 : 22-41 


" 9 


u 


38, 39, 40 


" 


16 : 1-21 


M 10 


" 


41, 42 


" 


16 : 22 40 


<« 11 


Psalms 


h 2, 3 


c i 


17 : I-15 


11 12 


'• 


4, 5, ^ 


i 1 


17 : 16-34 


.. 13 


'•' 


7, 8, 9 


< i 


iS 


- 14 


i i 


10, 11, 12 


t i 


19 : 1-20 


« 15 


1 c 


13. i4> x 5 


19 : 21-41 


- 16 


" 


16, 17 


" 


20 : 1-16 


" 17 


'• 


18, 19 


" 


20 : 17-38 


* iS 


20, 21, 22 


t i 


21 : 1- 17 


" 19 


• ; 


23, 24, 25 


< i 


21 : 18-40 


" 20 


. ; 


26, 27, 28 


" 


22 


" 21 


t • 


29, 3° 


" 


23 : i-*5 


" 22 


" 


3*> 32 


a 


23 " 16-35 


z 5 


" 


33' 34 


n 


24 


" 24 


1 1 


35, 36 


" 


25 


" 25 


i i 


37, 38* 39 


(( 


26 


44 26 


' ; 


40, 41, 42 




27 : 1-26 


" 27 


. ; 


43, 44, 45 


" 


27 : 27-44 


- 28 


" 


46, 47, 48 


a 


48 


•« 5 29 


" 


49, 5° 


Romans 


1 


" 3° 




5 1 * 52, 53 


1 i 


2 


14 3I 


" 


54, 55, 56 


" 


3 


Aug. 1 


" 


57, 58, 59 


*' 


4 


" 2 


'« 


60, 61, 62 


1 


■ 5 


3 


( 4 


63, 64, 65 


" 


6 



God's Plan. 



ioi 





OLD TESTAMENT j 


1 NEW TE 


.STAMENT 


Date 


■ 


; 






Book 


Chapter i 


Book 


Chapter 


Aug. 4 


Psalms 


66, 67 


Romans 


7 


5 


' 




68, 69 


" 


8 : 1-21 


" 6 


1 




70, 71 


" 


8 : 22-39 


I 






72, 73 




9 : I-I5 


S 


' 




74, 75, 76 


'" 


9 = 16-33 


" 9 


1 




77, 78 


i4 


10 


: < IO 


« 




79> 8° 




II : I-18 


k - ii 


< 




81, 82, 83 | 




II : 19-36 


" 12 




84, 85, 86 j 


;; 


12 


;i *3 


< 




87, 88 




13 


•• H 


' 




89, 90 




14 


M *5 


' 




9i, 9 2 , 93 




15 : 1*3 


" 16 


' 




94, 95> 9 6 


» i 


15 : J 4-33 


" 17 


1 




97, 98, 99 


'" 


16 


" 18 


1 




100, 101, 102 


I Cor. 


1 


" x 9 


* 




103, 104 


" 


2 


11 20 


' 




105, 106 


" 


3 


" 21 


" 


107, 108, 109 


" 


4 


" 22 


'•' 


IIO, III, 112 


" 


5 


" 23 


" 


113, 114, 115 


tt 


6 


« 24 


; ' 


116, 117, 11S 


" 


7 : i- J 9 


" 25 


i t 


119 : 1-88 j 


" 


7 : 20-40 


" 26 


t <. 


119 : 89-176 




8 


" 27 


•• 


120, I2f, 122 


i i 


9 


" 28 


i '. 


123, 124, 125 


.; 


10 : 1-18 


" 29 


' 




126, 127, 128 


" 


10 : 19-33 


- 30 


' 




129, 130, 131 




II : I-16 


" 31 


1 




132, 133. 134 


(( 


11 : 17-34 


Sept. I 


' 




i35> 136 




12 


2 






137, 138, 139 




13 


" 3 


' 




140, 141, 142 




14 : I-20 


•• 4 


t 




143, 144, 145, 


(< 


14 : 21-40 


" 5 






146, 147 


i i 


15 : 1-28 


- 6 


i i 


148, 149, 150 


" 


15 = 29-5S 


„ 7 


Proverbs 


h 2 


ii 


16 


" 8 


" 


3, 4, 5 


II Cor. 


I 


" 9 


" 


6, 7 


" 


2 


'• 10 






8, 9 


i i 


3 



102 



God's Plax. 





TE 


OLD TESTAMENT 


NEW TE 

Book 


STAMENT 


Da 


Book 


Chapter 


Chapter 


Sept- 


II 


Proverbs 


lb, 11, 12 


II Cor. 


4 


c < 


12 


i . 


13. H, 15 ! 


" 


5 


il 


13 


" 


16, 17, 18 1 


" 


6 


a 


H 


. < 


19, 20, 21 


< t 


7 


i i 


i5 


" 


22, 23, 24 


" 


8 


a 


16 


( i 


25, 26 




9 


n 


17 


< . 


27, 28, 29 


' << 


id 


a 


18 


( i 


30, 31 


i 1 


11 : I-1 5 


a 


H 


Ecclesiastes 


1, 2, 3 


1 1 


II : 


" 


20 


" 


4, 5> 6 


1 1 


12 


a 


21 


4 1 


7, 8, 9 


i i 


T 3 


a 


22 


" 


10, 11, 12 


Galatians 


I 


i i 


23 


Sol's Song 


i, 2, 3 


" 


2 


i i 


24 


( < 


4, 5 


" 


3 


" 


25 


(« 


6, 7, 8 




4 


" 


26 


Isaiah 


1, 2 


" 


5 


« i 


27 


; ' 


3> 4 


" 


6 


" 


2S 


•• 


5, 6 


Ephesians 


1 


1 1 


29 


< 1 


7, S 


< i 


2 


" 


3^ 


n 


9. 10 


i 1 


5 


Oct 


I 


i i 


11, 12. 13 


" 


4 


. t 


2 


" 


14, 15, 16 


i i 


5 : 1-16 


" 


3 


i < 


17, 18, 19 


i i 


5 : r 7~33 


i t 


4 


£ J 


20, 21, 22 


u 


6 


a 


5 


(i 


23, 24, 25 


Philippians 


1 


" 


6 


" 


26, 27 


i i 


2 


i i 


7 


t ( 


28, 29 


" 


3 


a 


8 


" 


3o> 31 


< i 


4 


11 


9 


" 


32, 33 


Colossians 


I 


a 


10 


" 


34. 35, 36 


; ' 


2 


" 


11 


C £ 


37, 38 


ft 


3 


a 


12 


( £ 


39, 40 


" 


4 


I i 


13 


" 


41, 42 


I Thess. 


1 


'?' 


14 


( ( 


43, 44 


i i 


2 


" 


15 


" 


45^ 46 


" 


3 


" 


16 


i I 


, 47, 48, 49 


'* 


4 


" 


17 


" 


| 5°> 5 1 , 52 


" 


5 


" 


iS 


.' ( 


' 53, 54, 55 


TI Thess. 


1 



God's Plan. 



103 





OLD TESTAMENT 


NEW TESTAMENT 


Date 












Book 


Chapter 


Book 
II Thess. 


Chapter 


Oct. 19 


Isaiah 


56, 57* 58 


2 


11 20 




59, 60, 61 


a 


3 


•• 21 




62, 63, 64 


I Timothy 


1 


22 


lt 


65, 66 


1 i 


2 


u 23 


Jeremiah 


i, 2 


'• 


3 


" 24 


1 ( 


3, 4, 5 




4 


" 25 


■' 


6, 7, 8 


. 


5 


« 26 




9, 10, 11 


: ' 


6 


11 -7 


" 


12, 13, 14 


II Timoth) 


1 


" 28 


{ t 


15, 16, 17 


" 


2 


" 29 


i i 


18, 19 




3 


" 30 


( t 


20, 21 


4 c 


4 


• 3i 


< i 


22, 23 


Titus 


1 


Nc . 1 


" 


24, 25, ~26 


a 


2 


2 


*? 


27, 28, 29 


i 1 


3 


'• 3 


" 


3°> 3 1 


Philemon 




•■ 4 


" 


32, 33 


Hebrews 


1 


5 


. » 


34, 35, 36 ' 


a 


2 


•< 6 


11 


37, 38, 39 




3 


" 7 


' • 


40, 41, 42 


" 


4 


" 8 




43. 44, 45 




5 


" 9 




46, 47 




6 






48, 49 




7 




t* 


5o 


i i 


8 


" 12 


" 


Si. 52 




9 


" 13 


Lam. 


1, 2 


li 


10 : 1-18 


" 14 


" 


3, 4, 5 


a 


10 : 19-39 


" 15 


Ezekiel 


1, 2 


" 


11 : 1-19 


" 16 




3^ 4 


" 


1 1 : 20-40 


'" 1" 


c< 


5, 6, 7 


'? 


12 


•■ 18 




8, 9, 10 


" 


13 


" 19 




II, 12, 13 


James 


I 


" 20 




14, 15 


c< 


2 


" 21 


. » 


16, i; 




3 


'• 22 


" 


18, 19 


1 ;; 


4 


" 23 


'* 


20, 21 




5 


" 24 


• ; 


22, 23 


i I Peter 


1 


" 25 


'• 


24, 25, 26 


•' 


1 



104 




God's Pr.AN. 






OLD TESTAMENT ! 


NEW TESTAMENT 


Date 












Book 


Chapter 


Book 


Chapter 


Nov. 26 


Ezekiel 


27, 28, 29 


I Peter \ 


3 


" 27 


(< 


3o> 3 1 , 32 


" 


4 


" 28 


M 


33, 34 


" 


5 


" 29 


< 1 


35, 36 


I II Peter 




" 3° 


" 


37, 38, 39 


( ( 


2 


Dec. 1 


11 


40, 41 


1 < 


3 


2 


" 


42, 43, 44 


I John 


1 


" 3 


" 


45, 46 




2 


" 4 


" 


47, 48 


(i 


3 


" 5 


Daniel 


1, 2 


i <, 


4 


" 6 


(« 


3, 4 


" 


5 


" 7 


k ' 


5, 6, 7 


II John 




« 8 


" 


8, 9, 10 


III John 




» 9 


< < 


11, 12 


Jude 




" 10 


Hosea 


h 2, 3, 4 


Revelation 


1 


" 11 


" 


5, °, 7, 8 


" 


2 


" 12 


i < 


9, 10, 11 


, 


3 


<i I3 


" 


12, 13, H 




4 


" 14 


Joel 


I, 2, 3 


" 


5 


" 15 


Amos 


I, 2, 3 


11 


6 


- 16 


1 i 


4, 5, 6 


tt 


7 


" 17 


a 


7, 8, 9 


" 


8 


" 18 


Obadiah 




| '* 


9 


» 19 


Jonah 


1, 2, 3, 4 




10 


" 20 


Micah 


1, 2, 3 


" 


11 


" 21 


" 


4, 5 


< c 


12 


" 22 


H 


6, 7 


i < 


13 


M 23 


Nahum 


1, 2, 3 


1 '• 


14 


M 24 


Habakkuk 


1, 2, 3 


1 i 


15 


" 25 


■ Zephaniah 


1, 2, 3 


i i 


16 


" 26 


Haggai 


1, 2 


1 I 


17 


» 27 


Zechariah 


1, 2, 3, 4 


i . 


18 


" 28 


" 


5, 6, 7, 8 




19 


" 29 


i i 


9. 10, 11, 12 


i i 


20 


« 30 




13, 14 


'■ 


21 


u 3I 


Malachi 


1. 2, 3, 4 


< i 


22 



APPENDIX 

Noi* i. Iniquity and unrighteousness as used in 
the Word of God, sometimes mean sin as a transgres- 
sion; at other times sin as a state. Corruption is used 
for the state of sin : also to denote the decay of the 
body. 

Note; 2. Redemption and salvation are used inter- 
changeably in the Scripture. Redemption in a few 
instances referring to salvation. 

Note; 3. Many ask the Lord to crucify them, kill 
them out, etc God is not the author of death, but 
of life. We are to crucify ourselves, then God cleanses 
and raises us into newness of life. Gal. 5 :24 ; Col. 
3:5; Rom. 8:13. 

Note 4. Many believe that the suffering and death 
of Christ's body upon the cross finished the atonement. 
In support of this the words of Jesus upon the cross 
are used, viz : "It is finished," Jno. 19 :30. Let us un- 
derstand what was meant by this language of Christ. 

Jesus was to fulfill all righteousness, which was of 
the law. Matt. 3-T-5', Dan. 9.24; Rom. 10:3, 4; 8:3, 4. 
Therefore, he was circumcised at eight days of age. 
Lk. 1:59, according to law, Gen. 17:12; Lev. 12:2, 3. 
Baptized, Matt. 3:16. 

He fulfilled the Scripture by : 

Himself taking our infirmities and bearing our sick- 
nesses. Matt. 8:17; Prophecy, Isa. 53:5; riding into 
Jerusalem on a colt, Matt. 21 14, 5 ; prophecy, Zee 9 :g ; 
betrayed by one of his followers, Jno. 13:18; prophecy 
Ps. 41 :g ; had indignities heaped upon him, and re- 
viled, Isa. 53:3-8; numbered with transgressors, Matt. 
27:38; Lk 23:32, 33; prophecy, la. 53:12; his raiments 
parted, Matt. 27:35; prophecy, Ps. 22:18; given gall to 
drink. Jno. 19:28-30: Matt. 27:48; prophecv. Ps. 69:21. 
I05 



iob God's Plan. 

The giving of gall to drink was the last act or mockery 
that was heaped upon Christ by the world, and this 
completed prophecy in this line. Thus was finished 
all the prophecies concerning man reviling Christ. His 
work had been finished before this as stated in John 
17:4. The atonement had not been completed at this 
time, for he was to become the first fruits of those who 
slept. 1 Cor. 15:20; Acts 26:23; Col. 1:18; Rev. 1:5. 
This was not completed until his resurrection. More- 
over his physical death had not yet been finished at 
this time of the statement, "it is finished/' because 
it required his death before an atonement could be 
stated as having been completed. The statement, "it 
is finished," relates to the completion of the indigni- 
ties that were prophesied would be heaped upon Jesus 
by man in this life. 

COMPLETION OF THE ATONEMENT. 

The atonement as begun in this life was completed 
in death, Rom. 5:10. 

Death sentence was passed upon all men, not only 
naturally, but also spiritually; not only the body, but 
also the soul. This was given in Adam's transgression, 
Rom. 5:12-21; Rom. 6:23. This is a separation from 
the life of God, 1 Jno. 5:12; 1 Tim. 5:6. 

The atonement was not only for the body, but also 
for the soul. Rom. 5:6-11. 

The doom pronounced against man for sin is death ; 
not only to the body, but also to the soul. "The soul 
that sinneth it shall die," Ezek. 18:4, 20, and death 
passed upon all men, Rom. 5:12. See law typifying the 
atonement for the soul. Ex. 30:10-16. See, also, Ps. 
116:7, 8. The doom of the sinning soul is eternal 
death, or an eternal separation from the life of God, 
and punishment This is termed the second death. 
Rev. 20:14; 21 :8. Christ atoned also for this, and thus 
has given man the opportunity of being delivered from 
this state of the soul's doom, and again obtaining 
eternal life. Therefore, he tasted death for every man. 
Heb. 2:9, "for the suffering of death," not only phy- 
sical suffering produced by the death of the body, as 
we have scientific proof that the life may pass away 



God's Plan. 107 

from the body without Dain, but that suffering of the 
soul's death in hell, which can not be allayed by drugs. 
The torments of the flames, and other things, Lk. 
16 -.22,, 24. Christ made an atonement for this death as 
well as for the body's death. "He tasted death for 
every man.'' or paid the price of man's redemption. 
There is no necessity for any one to suffer this death, 
for Christ has paid the price by taking upon himself 
the sufferings of the future state, provided he accepts 
the atonement. 

This part of the atonement is spoken of by Peter on 
the Day of Pentecost, Acts 2 122-32. The twenty-third 
verse states that God permitted wicked men to crucify 
and slay Christ. Twenty-fourth verse that God raised 
him up, having loosed the pains of death (the body 
was not in pains before it was raised up, therefore this 
could not have applied to the body but to the soul, 
which was raised up from hell, which was not uncon- 
scious), twenty- seventh verse (for death could not hold 
the Son of God in its clutches). Christ's soul was not 
left in hell, nor did his flesh see corruption, Acts 2 :2j, 
31. Thus Christ's soul completed that part of the 
atonement by which man is saved from the suffering of 
eternal death in hell, His soul being an offering for 
sin, Isa. 53:10. It may have been this part of the 
atonement that troubled the soul of Jesus, Jno. 12 :2y ; 
Matt. 26 -.38, and made him pray three times to the 
Father, to obtain the victory to let the Father's will 
be done, Matt. 26 139, 42, 44, and sweat as it were, 
great drops of blood, and required a ministering angel 
from heaven to strengthen him, Lk. 22 141 -44. 

He must have known that the Father had left him 
while on the cross, when he cried out at the last, "My 
God, my God, why has thou forsaken me," Matt. 27 : 
46-50. Man had not only forsaken him, in this life, 
but his Father must have forsaken him in death. 

This will be the cry of every unrepentant sinner that 
rejects the mercy of God, by not believing on the Lord 
Jesus Christ, Jno. 3 :i6, when he is swept into hell 
and to an eternal separation from God, to "be punished! 
with everlasting destruction from the presence of the 
Lord and from the glory of His power," 2 Thess. 1 :g. 



108 God's Plan. 

The redeemed in the Lord can truly shout, "Death is 
swallowed up in victory, O death, where is thy sting? 
O hell (margin) where is thy victory? The sting of 
death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law T . But 
thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through 
our Lord Jesus Christ," i Cor. 15:54-57. The sting 
of death is the torments of hell. "How shall we 
escape, if we neglect so great salvation?" Heb. 2:3. 

Note 5. (a) Some writers believe the "regeneration" 
or the "new birth," is only the first work of grace and is 
included in the justification of man. They claim that 
"regeneration" is different from justification, that in 
order regeneration follows justification, that we are 
first justified, then immediately regenerated, that in 
tifcie we receive both instantaneously and at the same 
time. This, by them, may be termed the first work 
of grace. In seeking to prove this statement, these 
use scriptural texts that apply to the wholly sanctified 
life. Surely, if the same scriptures apply to regenera- 
tion and sanctification, regeneration must be completed 
in sanctification. Other writers upon the doctrinal 
teachings of the Bible, state that the new birth or re- 
generation is no more than justification, and are one 
and the same grace. The latter-day Zinzendorfians. 
and even the most of preachers of today take this 
stand. It is not one and the same, nor on the plane 
of justification. A third class elevate the new birth 
to sanctification, and include in it justification and 
sanctification. These believe in the two definite and 
distinct works of grace, viz : the first by which we are 
pardoned and justified of our transgressions, wherein 
we have a witness to this definite work of grace ; know- 
ing our sins are pardoned and we have peace with God. 
The second, by which we are cleansed, sanctified, and 
baptized with the Holy Ghost. This second being re- 
ceived at a distinct period of time from that of justifi- 
cation. We have a definite witness to the second work 
of grace. These two works of grace being received 
by two different actions of faith, which completes 
the new birth and constitutes the "being born of the 
Spirit." This last position is strongly supported by 
God's Word. Many admit that the old man must be 



God's Plan. 109 

first crucified and cleansed out before the new man can 
take up his abode in the heart Dr. Adam Clark says : 
"The new birth which is here spoken of comprehends 
not only what is termed justification or pardon, but 
also sacti neat ion or holiness. Sin must be pardoned, 
and the impurities of the heart washed away before 
any soul can possibly enter into the kingdom of God. 
As this new birth implies the renewing of the whole 
soul in righteousness and true holiness, it is not a mat- 
ter that may be dispensed with; heaven is a place of 
holiness, and nothing but what is like itself can ever 
enter into it. — Adam Clarke's Commentary, on John 
3:3, paragraph 2. Dr. Adam Clarke's Commentary is 
a leading work in the holiness teaching, and is the 
best to be obtained, and very useful to Bible students, 
(b) Jno. 3:5. — ''Except a man be born of water'/ 
this is not baptized of water, but "bom of water;'' re- 
ferring to the child's birth in water which is essential 
to natural life to complete a birth. This is more clearh 
explained bv Jesus to Nicodemus in the sixth verse : 
"That which is born of the flesh is flesh" These both 
referring to the natural birth, in answer to the rulerS 
question, Jno. 3 14. 

COMPARISON 0? NATURAL AND SPIRITUAL BIRTH. 

''Except a man be born * * * of the Spirit, he 
cannot enter the kingdom of God" "That which is 
bom of the spirit is spirit" Jno. 3 :5, 6. A question- 
that is difficult to many of us. How can a man have 
life in Christ, and still not have the complete birth? 

First, naturally a child has life before it is separated 
from the womb; second, it takes the separation to com- 
plete the birth. 

First, spiritually a man has life before he completes 
the new birth, but it takes the separation from inbred 
sin, or sanctification (setting apart) to complete it. 

The natural and spiritual birth can not be compared 
throughout, the spiritual being much higher than the 
natural. The first is a generation, the second a creation. 

We may be termed babes in Christ because of carnal- 
ity, 1 Cor. 3:1-3, and yet have no reference to the 
spiritual birth. In the spiritual birth we are new area- 



no God's Plan. 

tures in Christ, old things (divisions, etc.) are passed 
away, behold all things are become new, 2 Cor. 5:17. 

(c) Salvation and regeneration in scripture sometimes 
not only apply to this life, but in a few instances they 
apply to the complete redemotion of man, in which he 
is saved from the posibility of falling. See, Isa. 45:17; 
Matt. 19:28. See, also, New Birth, chapter sixteen. 



THE END. 



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